Angel, Martin V. and Thomas M. Iliffe. 1987. Spelaeoecia bermudensis, new genus, new species, a
halocyprid ostracod from marine caves in Bermuda. Journal of Crustacean
Biology, 7(3):541-553.
Specimens of a new halocyprid belonging to the recently erected primitive
subfamily Deeveyinae (Kornicker and Iliffe, 1985) have been collected at depths of
0-20 m in eight anchialine caves on Bermuda. The specimens, while showing
some close similarities to Deeveya spiralis Kornicker and Iliffe, 1985, are
sufficiently distinct to be ascribed to a new genus. While Deeveya has a
carapace morphology typical of benthic forms, the carapace of Spelaeoecia is
very similar to that of oceanic planktonic halocyprids and so may be close
to their ancestral type.
Thomas M. Iliffe, Department of Marine
Biology, Texas A&M University at Galveston, P.O. Box 1675, Galveston, Texas 77553, USA.
E-mail: iliffet@tamug.edu
Keywords: isopod, cave, anchialine, Bermuda, halocyprid
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