Scleroconcha gallardoi Kornicker 1971

• Main Authors: Chavtur, Vladimir G., Keyser, Dietmar
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Ostracoda; Myodocopida; Philomedidae; Scleroconcha; Scleroconcha gallardoi; Antarctic; Middle Rib; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/6069964; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6069964

Scleroconcha gallardoi Kornicker, 1971 (Figs. 12–15) 1971 Scleroconcha gallardoi Kornicker: 194, Fig. 18. 1975 Scleroconcha gallardoi Kornicker, 1971 —Kornicker: 321–324, Figs. 189, 190 (map), 197–204. 1987 Scleroconcha gallardoi Kornicker, 1971 —Hartmann: 117–118. 1988 Scleroconcha gallardoi Kornicker, 1971 —Hartmann: 143. 1989 Scleroconcha gallardoi Kornicker, 1971 —Hartmann: 235, pl. 3, Figs. 4–8. 1990 Scleroconcha gallardoi Kornicker, 1971 —Hartmann: 199. 1991 Scleroconcha gallardoi Kornicker, 1971 —Hartmann: 213. Studied material (coordinates, depth and bottom see Appendix). R /V “Academic Fedorov”, 34 th Soviet (Russian) Antarctic Expedition, station 1, sample 8: MIMB 18281—adult female (length 3.79 mm). 52th Russian Antarctic Expedition, station 12, sample 65: MIMB 18276—adult female (4.25 mm), MIMB 18277—adult female (4.16 mm), MIMB 18278—adult female (4.07 mm), MIMB 1 8279—adult female (4.12 mm), MIMB 18280—adult female (4.10 mm), MIMB 18282—immature female (3.40 mm) and MIMB 18 283— immature male (3.26 mm), MIMB 18284a, b and c—adult females (3.81, 3.82 and 3.55 mm). Additional material. See Appendix. Diagnosis of adult female. Carapace. Length 3.60–4.35 mm. Carapace reticulate with rib along ventral and dorsal margins, rib lying just within antero-ventral valve margin and present only on anterior half of valve; middle rib extending full length of valve and lying dorsal to central muscle attachments; a lower rib extending almost full length of valve and lying below central muscle attachments. Surface of valves with scattered undivided setae. Seventh limb. Each limb with 10 setae, 6 in distal group and 4 in proximal group. Terminally limb on comb with 9–17 bare teeth and 1 bare peg present on opposite comb. Caudal furca. Each lamella with 15 or 16 claws; 3rd claw slender, subequal or slightly longer than 4th claw. Bellonci organ. Organ elongate with about 22–29 segments at proximal part (include base) and middle. Medial eye. Large and smooth. Supplementary description of adult female. Carapace (Fig. 12 ...