| Three new ostracod genera: Humphreyscandona n. gen., Pilbaracandona n. gen., and Notacandona n. gen., and nine new species are described from subterranean waters of the Pilbara Region, Western Australia. They belong to the subfamily Candoninae of the order Podocopida, and are characterized by a 5-segmented antennula and ornamented carapace. Humphreyscandona n. gen. contains five species, all with reduced posterior furcal claw and prominent external lobe on hemipenis. The other new genera each contain two species. Pilbaracandona n. gen. is also characterized by a reduced posterior furcal claw, but can be separated from the previous genus by the chaetotaxy of the antennula, mandibula, and general appearance of the hemipenis. Notacandona n. gen. is separated... |
