Bennelongia regina

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cypridoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Crustacea Superclassis: Oligostraca Classis: Ostracoda Subclassis: Podocopa Ordo: Podocopida Subordo: Cypridocopina Superfamilia: Cypridoidea

Bennelongia regina Shearn, Koenders, Halse, Schön & Martens, 2012

Holotype: Queensland Museum, W40074, ♀, with carapace stored dry in a micropalaeontological slide.
Type locality: Horseshoe Lagoon, Kilcowera Station, south of Thargomindah, (28º39’57”S, 143º53’42.4”E), Queensland, Australia.
Etymology: The Latin “Regina” means Queen; the species has been named as such due to its location within Queensland, but also for its splendour in appearance.

Shearn, R., Koenders, A., Halse, S., Schön, I. & Martens, K. 2012: A review of Bennelongia De Deckker & McKenzie, 1981 (Crustacea, Ostracoda) species from eastern Australia with the description of three new species. European Journal of Taxonomy, 25: 1–35. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2012.25 .

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