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SUBMITTER: Tanaka H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4768270 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tanaka Hayato H Dung Le Doan le D Higashi Ryouichi R Tsukagoshi Akira A
ZooKeys 20160203 559
This study is a first report of an interstitial ostracod from Southeast Asia. The ostracod species, Paracobanocythere vietnamensis sp. n., was found in the marine interstitial environment of Phu Quoc Island, Vietnam. Thus far, three species of this genus have been described. The morphology of the carapace as well as the appendages of this new species are quite similar to Paracobanocythere hawaiiensis and Paracobanocythere watanabei. However, we found that they could be easily distinguished accor ...[more]