Ostracoda (Myodocopina) from Shallow Waters of the Northern Territory andQueensland, Australia

摘要

Seventeen new species in eight genera in five families (Cypridinidae,Philomedidae, Rutidermatidae, Sarsiellidae, and Cylindroleberindidae) of myodocopid Ostracoda collected at shallow depths in the vicinities of Darwin, Northern Territory, and Weipa (Gulf of Carpentaria) and the Great Barrier Reef (Lizard Island Group, Davies Reef, Calliope River, and Auckland Creek), Queensland, are described and illustrated. A supplementary description is presented of Sheina orri Harding, 1966, from the vicinity of Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef. Choniostomatid copepod parasites were found in one philomedid and one sarsiellid species.