On a new marine podocopid genus and species (Ostracoda: Hemicytheridae) from Brazil.
Bulbocythere calida gen. et sp. nov., a benthic marine ostracode, is herein described and illustrated. The geographic and bathymetric distributions of this new taxon are based on the analysis of 923 bottom samples collected along the entire Brazilian continental shelf in a depth range of about 11 to 280 m, plus sediments of 176 samples from the Sepetiba Bay and 37 samples from the Tamandaré Bay. In the study material, this ostracode was rare, and restricted to the warm waters of the E and NE shelves and to the substrates around the reefs of the Tamandaré Bay.
['Coimbra|João Carlos|JC|', 'Morais|Anderson L M DE|AL|']
D063147:Animal Distribution D000825:Animal Structures D000818:Animals D049628:Body Size D001938:Brazil D003445:Crustacea D005260:Female D008297:Male D009929:Organ Size
Crustacea, new genus, new species, Ostracoda, Southwest Atlantic Ocean, taxonomy