species: Alternochelata lizardensis in Lizard Island area: all known taxa (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Alternochelata lizardensis


©Celia Churchill: Alternochelata lizardensis from Lizard Island. Microscope photo.

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Ostracoda
Order Myodocopida
Family Rutidermatidae
Genus Alternochelata
Species Alternochelata lizardensis

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References

  • Jeffery, N.W., E.A. Ellis, T.H. Oakley and T.R. Gregory (2017). The genome sizes of ostracod crustaceans correlate with body size and evolutionary history, but not environment, Journal of Heredity, doi:10.1093/jhered/esx055. LIRS catalog number 2128.
  • Kornicker, L.S. (1982). Alternochelata lizardensis, a new species of myodocopine ostracod from the Great Barrier Reef of Australia (Rutidermatidae), Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 95(4): 793-806. LIRS catalog number 117.
  • Peniston, J.H., E.A. Ellis, C.K.C. Churchill, M.D. Ramirez and T.H. Oakley (2019). Phylogenetic position of Alternochelata lizardensis Kornicker, 1982 within Rutidermatidae (Ostracoda: Myodocopida), with an investigation into its green coloration. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 39(5): 559-566. LIRS catalog number 2318.