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03E902352767FF858A49E80DFC0BF9C7.text	03E902352767FF858A49E80DFC0BF9C7.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Bennelongiinae Martens, Halse & Schon 2012	<div><p>Subfamily Bennelongiinae subfam. nov.</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>Adults with asymmetrical valves with LV overlapping RV. LV antero-ventrally with a beak-like expansion of the valve margin; anterior calcified inner lamella with two incomplete inner lists, forming a sulcus and extending in the lip-like structure. RV with short antero-ventral inner list, and antero-ventrally either with a small, transparent ‘lapel’ (see below) or with the valve forming a bulbous expansion.</p><p>A1 and A2 with medium-long natatory setae; expopodite of A2 with two long and one short seta. Mdpalp with alpha-seta long and smooth, beta-seta stout and hirsute in distal half, gamma-seta relatively slender and hirsute in distal half. T2 (walking leg) with penultimate segment divided. T3 a cleaning leg. Caudal ramus and attachment slender. Hemipenis consisting of at least two asymmetrical penal sheets.</p><p>Genus allocated:</p><p>Bennelongia De Deckker &amp; McKenzie, 1981</p><p>Remarks</p><p>Bennelongia was previously allocated to the subfamily Cypridinae Baird, 1845 within the family Cyprididae Baird, 1845, but since the regional revision of this subfamily by Martens (1990, 1992, 2007) it is clear that Bennelongia lacks the additional post-labyrinthal coils of the spermiduct in the hemipenis that are characteristic of Cypridinae s.s. In addition, the remarkable morphology of the anterior part of the valves sets this genus aside from all other extant genera in the Cyprididae . Whether Bennelongiinae subfam. nov. will eventually need to be transferred to the Cyprideidae Martin, 1940 will, hopefully, be resolved by the time our revision of Bennelongia is completed. Meanwhile the new subfamily is lodged in the Cyprididae .</p><p>Some general aspects of the morphology of Alboa De Deckker, 1981 indicate that it might be close to Bennelongia and thus might also be a candidate to be included in Bennelongiinae subfam. nov., but initial molecular screening shows that Alboa is closer to Eucypris (Vavra, 1891) Daday, 1900 and Heterocypris Claus, 1832 than to Bennelongia (results not shown).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E902352767FF858A49E80DFC0BF9C7	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Martens, Koen;Halse, Stuart;Schön, Isa	Martens, Koen, Halse, Stuart, Schön, Isa (2012): Nine new species of Bennelongia De Deckker & McKenzie, 1981 (Crustacea, Ostracoda) from Western Australia, with the description of a new subfamily. European Journal of Taxonomy 8: 1-56, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2012.8
03E902352767FF878986ECA0FD27F9D4.text	03E902352767FF878986ECA0FD27F9D4.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Bennelongia De Deckker & McKenzie 1981	<div><p>Genus Bennelongia De Deckker &amp; McKenzie, 1981</p><p>Diagnosis (modified after De Deckker &amp; McKenzie 1981)</p><p>Adults with asymmetrical valves, especially anteriorly. LV overlapping RV anteriorly, ventrally and posteriorly, sometimes also dorsally.</p><p>LV antero-ventrally with a beak-like expansion of the valve margin; anterior calcified inner lamella with two incomplete inner lists, a ventro-proximal one and a dorso-distal one, both extending to about the</p><p>middle of the valve and slightly or significantly overlapping each other; ventro-proximal list protruding and forming a sulcus running along the proximal inner list and extending in the lip-like structure.</p><p>RV with short antero-ventral inner list, and antero-ventrally either with a small, transparent flange (here termed ‘lapel’) or with valve forming a bulbous expansion; RV set with tubercles along most of the anterior, ventral and posterior valve margin.</p><p>Juveniles with completely different valve morphology, with symmetrical valves, without beak-like expansion on LV or lapel on RV and with external surface either pitted or reticulated or set with wartlike tubercles in most lineages in the genus.</p><p>A1 and A2 with medium-long natatory setae. Md-palp with alpha-seta long and smooth, beta-seta stout and hirsute in distal half, gamma-seta relatively slender and hirsute in distal half. Mx1-palp with distal segment rectangular. T1 with prehensile palps in males strongly asymmetrical, right palp with broad terminal segment, left palp with sickle shaped distal segment. T2 with seta d1&gt; d1, sometimes twice as long, penultimate segment of endopod (segment 3) divided. T3 a cleaning leg. Caudal ramus and attachment slender. Hemipenis consisting of at least two, asymmetrical penal sheets.</p><p>Remarks</p><p>The extent of the difference in morphology between juveniles and adults in most lineages of Bennelongia is unusual in non-marine Ostracoda . The difference of the extent of this dimorphism between the lineages, and its relevance, will be discussed elsewhere in a separate paper.</p><p>Differential diagnosis</p><p>Bennelongia is immediately distinguishable from all other cypridid genera by the peculiar morphology of the anterior parts of the valves, especially of the LV (see above).</p><p>Type species</p><p>Bennelongia harpago De Deckker &amp; McKenzie, 1981 (Queensland, Australia).</p><p>Other species allocated (only area of type locality given)</p><p>See Table 2.</p>Bennelongia australis (Brady, 1886): SA Bennelongia barangaroo De Deckker, 1981: WA Bennelongia bidgelongensis sp. nov.: WA, Gascoyne Bennelongia coondinerensis sp. nov.: WA, Pilbara Bennelongia cuensis sp. nov.: WA, Yilgarn Bennelongia cygnus sp. nov.: WA, Swan Valley Bennelongia frumenta sp. nov.: WA, Wheatbelt Bennelongia gwelupensis sp. nov.: WA, Perth, southwest coast * Bennelongia harpago De Deckker &amp; McKenzie, 1981: QLD Bennelongia kimberleyensis sp. nov.: WA, Kimberley Bennelongia lata sp. nov.: WA, Gascoine-Murchinson region Bennelongia nimala De Deckker, 1981: NT Bennelongia pinpi De Deckker, 1981: QLD Bennelongia strellyensis sp. nov.: WA, Pilbara Bennelongia tunta De Deckker, 1982: QLD<p>Distribution</p><p>The genus is most likely endemic to Australia and New Zealand and can be considered as one of the more typical ostracod groups of the Australasian region. De Deckker (1981a) suggested that Strandesia flavescens Klie, 1932 and Strandesia feuerborni Klie, 1932, both from Indonesia (Sumatra, Java), might also belong in this genus, but Savatenalinton &amp; Martens (2010) and Martens &amp; Savatenalinton (2011) retained both species in their original genus, Strandesia Stuhlmann, 1888 .</p><p>General valve morphology (Figure 4)</p><p>In order to allow accurate descriptions of species in this genus, it is necessary to unequivocally establish the homology of the different marginal structures in both valves, as these have undergone remarkable evolutionary changes (Figure 4A).</p><p>In the LV, the valve margin and two inner lists are of importance. The valve margin shows an anteroventral beak-like expansion. The anterior calcified inner lamella carries two inner lists, a proximal ventral and a distal dorsal one. Together, these lists line a sulcus, a depression in the calcified inner lamella which further expands in the beak-like expansion. The proximal inner list can be significantly elevated (Figure 4B).</p><p>In the RV, an outer list, the valve margin, a selvage and two inner lists form a complex structure. The outer list is invariably modified, completely or partially. In B. cygnus sp. nov., the middle part of the outer list is still a list, the posterior part is modified into a row of tubercles and the anterior part in a row of tubercles and a lapel (Figure 4C). In most (all?) species of the B. australis group (see below), the entire outer list is modified into a row of tubercles and the antero-ventral lapel (Figure 4D). In the species of the B. pinpi lineage, the entire outer list is modified into a row of tubercles, which stops where in other species the lapel is formed and where in these species the bulbous expansion occurs (Figure 4E). What looks to be the anterior valve margin in the RV is actually a selvage, which can be modified in places, with swollen or flange-like parts near the lapel. The actual anterior valve margin is strongly reduced, but can in most species still be detected as a row of small tubercles set with setae (Figure 4 C-E). The calcified inner lamella also has two incomplete inner lists, here the ventral one is distal and the dorsal one more proximal. Internal to the ventral inner list, the calcified inner lamella forms a shallow sulcus, which matches the deeper one in the LV. The posterior selvage is more easily recognizable as such.</p><p>Most Bennelongia species have some form of valve ornamentation, either a pitted surface or set with tubercles and/or with long setae. This is species-dependent (though seemingly with similar patterns within a lineage) and can vary with water-chemistry. But even species with almost smooth valve surfaces (e.g. the B. cygnus lineage, see below) invariably have a field of external tubercles along the anterior margin on the RV (see Figure 4F, G - not to be confused with the marginal row of tubercles in the RV, which is mostly internally visible). This field can be narrower or wider, according to species, but is always present. Its function remains unknown.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E902352767FF878986ECA0FD27F9D4	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Martens, Koen;Halse, Stuart;Schön, Isa	Martens, Koen, Halse, Stuart, Schön, Isa (2012): Nine new species of Bennelongia De Deckker & McKenzie, 1981 (Crustacea, Ostracoda) from Western Australia, with the description of a new subfamily. European Journal of Taxonomy 8: 1-56, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2012.8
03E902352765FF878A06EC8DFEE0F85E.text	03E902352765FF878A06EC8DFEE0F85E.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Bennelongia cygnus Martens & Schön 2012	<div><p>Bennelongia cygnus – lineage</p><p>Remarks</p><p>This lineage so far consists of two species, here described as new: B. cygnus sp. nov. and B. frumenta sp. nov. They are characterized by a relatively small carapace (L = 1.6 mm) with triangular shape in lateral view, a RV with a pointed lapel and by a hemipenis of the B. australis- type, i.e. with ms with oblique, nearly straight distal margin and a boot-shaped LS, a sickle shape Lpp and a Rpp with elongated second segment.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E902352765FF878A06EC8DFEE0F85E	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Martens, Koen;Halse, Stuart;Schön, Isa	Martens, Koen, Halse, Stuart, Schön, Isa (2012): Nine new species of Bennelongia De Deckker & McKenzie, 1981 (Crustacea, Ostracoda) from Western Australia, with the description of a new subfamily. European Journal of Taxonomy 8: 1-56, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2012.8
03E902352763FF9E8A0EEB4AFDAAFE5B.text	03E902352763FF9E8A0EEB4AFDAAFE5B.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Bennelongia cygnus Martens & Schön 2012	<div><p>Bennelongia cygnus sp. nov.</p><p>(Figs 5-9)</p><p>Bennelongia sp. – Davies &amp; Christidis, 1997: 82, fig. 8.3.22.</p><p>Etymology</p><p>The type locality of this new species is situated in the Swan Valley near Perth. We thus name this species after the (black) swan, Cygnus in Latin.</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>Valves triangular in lateral view, weakly pitted, relatively narrow in dorsal view and with rostrum weakly developed. LV with beak weakly developed. RV with lapel long and narrow, ventrally tear-like, almost pointed. Hemipenis with ls extending beyond ms, ls distally rounded and with bluntly pointed apex. ms dorsally with additional lobe-like expansion. Lpp with distal segment sickle-shaped, but relatively short. Rpp with sub-trapezoidal distal segment.</p><p>Measurements (all measurements in µm)</p><p>Male: RV: L = 1330; H = 933-954. LV: L = 1330-1410; H = 968-969.</p><p>Female: RV: L = 1450-1600; H = 1000-1070. LV: L = 1550-1750; H = 1030-1130. Cp: L = 1690-1790; W = 1120-1130; H = 1100.</p><p>Type locality</p><p>Ellen Brook Nature Reserve, Swan Valley, near Perth (WA); approximate coordinates: 31º 44’ 00”S 116º 01’ 00”E. Material used for the present description was collected on 25 Sep. 1991, 3 Oct. 1997 and 2 Oct. 1998, all by SH.</p><p>Type material</p><p>Holotype</p><p>Male (WAM.C49370), with soft parts dissected in a sealed slide and valves stored dry in a micropalaeontological slide.</p><p>Allotype</p><p>Female (WAM.C49371), with soft parts dissected in a sealed slide, and valves stored dry in a micropalaeontological slide.</p><p>Paratypes</p><p>Five males dissected and stored as the holotype (WAM.C49372-49375, OC.3310); RV + LV of one female (OC.3311).</p><p>Several in toto specimens in EtOH (voucher specimens WAM.C49376).</p><p>Other material investigated</p><p>Perth Airport unnamed swamp, collected by SH on 12 Sep. 1995, approximate coordinates: 31º 56’ 00”S 115º 58’ 00”E</p><p>Goonaping Swamp, collected by Adrian Pinder and Jane McRae on 3 Oct. 1997, approximate coordinates: 32º 27’ 46”S 119º 25’ 1”E. (illustrated specimens from this locality: RV + LV of a female (WAM.C49377); two female carapaces (WAM.C49378) all from OST11C).</p><p>Christopher Brook, collected by Adrian Pinder and Jane McRae on 28 Oct. 1997, approximate coordinates: 32º 10’ 12”S 116º 47’ 39”E. (illustrated specimens from this locality: RV + LV of a female (WAM.C49379) from OST11A).</p><p>Cobertup Swamp, collected by Andrew Storey and SH on 19 Oct. 1996, approximate coordinates: 34º 27’ 00”S 116º 49’ 00”E.</p><p>One Tree Hill, collected by SH and Adrian Pinder on 11 Aug. 1999, approximate coordinates: 29º 35’ 19”S 115º 26’ 31”E.</p><p>Differential diagnosis</p><p>Bennelongia cygnus sp. nov. defines the B. cygnus lineage by its triangular shape, the simple type of hemipensis and the pointed lapel. It can be distinguished from the other species in this lineage, B. frumenta sp. nov. (see below), by the absence of a cavity in the selvage near the lapel, the presence of a dorsal lobe on the ms of the hemipenes, the short second segment of the Lpp and the broad base of the second segment of the Rpp.</p><p>Additional descriptions</p><p>Male valves (Figure 5C, D) slightly smaller and more highly arched than female valves (Figure 5A, B, H), otherwise very similar in appearance. Both valves triangular, with greatest height situated in the middle of the valves, dorsal margins equally sloping to both anterior and posterior margins, ventral margin almost straight. Valves weakly pitted and set with few, very short setae.</p><p>LV (Figure 5A, C) with posterior calcified lamella narrow, inner list running along valve margin and creating a narrow sulcus; the latter continuing towards the anterior side and widening up in between both inner lists (see diagnosis of genus); antero-ventral beak weakly developed.</p><p>RV (Figure 5B, D, H) of similar shape as LV, smaller and slightly less high; posterior and ventral margin set with tubercles, anterior calcified lamella with short inner list; lapel relatively long, rather ventrally situated and tear-shaped at its ventral edge (Figure 5I, J); posterior side with long inner list (reaching almost up to dorsal margin) and with selvage clearly inwardly displaced.</p><p>Width of carapace in dorsal (Figure 5E) and ventral (Figure 5F) views more than half the length, greatest width situated in the middle, LV overlapping RV on all sides, especially anteriorly and posteriorly (Figure 5), anterior rostrum very weakly built, to almost absent.</p><p>A1 (Figure 6E) with all segments relatively short and narrow, natatory setae long, chaetotaxy as typical of the family.</p><p>A2 (Figure 6A, C) with 5 natatory setae extending beyond tips of end claws, basic chaetotaxy and sexual dimorphism in chaetotaxy of penultimate segment as typical of the family: in female with claws G1-G3 and z1-3 setae; in males with G1 a short claw, G2 a large claw and G3 a seta of intermediate length; z1 and z2 large claws, z3 a long seta.</p><p>Md coxa (Figure 7A) relatively slender, without special features. Mandibular palp (Figure 7 B-D, G) with chaetotaxy as typical of the family, endclaws and gamma seta unusually slender.</p><p>Mx1 (Figure 7E, F) with second palp segment rectangular, c. twice as long as basal width, 3 claws of this segment relatively slender. Third endite with smooth ‘zahnborsten’. Sideways directed bristles on first endite of unequal length.</p><p>T1 (Figure 8 C-E) with endite bearing 16, mostly hirsute, setae of unequal length. Females with endopod a palp bearing 3 unequal apical setae. Males with endepod developed in asymmetrical prehensile palps. Rpp (Figures 8D, 9C) with basal segment stout and only slightly longer than the largest width, subapically with two unequal sensory organs; second segment trapezioidal, with blunt dorsal and pointed ventral edge. Lpp (Figures 8C, 9D) with first segment more slender, almost twice as long as wide, distal segment sickle-shaped but relatively short (L = &lt;half L of first segment).</p><p>T2 (Figure 6B) a walking leg with seta d1&gt; d2.</p><p>T3 (Figure 6D) a cleaning limb.</p><p>CR (Figure 9E) and its attachment (Figure 9F) slender.</p><p>Hemipenes (Figures 8A, B; 9A, B) almost symmetrical, with ls slender, with rounded dorsal margin and bluntly pointed distal edge; ms consisting of two sub-lobes, one rectangular, the second one elongated and ventrally directed, with rounded edge.</p><p>Ecology and distribution</p><p>The species appears to be comparatively widespread in freshwater bodies in south-western parts of Western Australia. The species was found in clear or darkly coloured water with conductivity ranging from 80-3120 µS cm-1 and pH 6.8-8.5.</p><p>Remarks</p><p>One male specimen (WAM.C49375 – Figure 9A, B) had aberrant morphology of hemipenes and Rpp. The hemipenes were asymmetrical, with one being typical of the species, the other bearing an additional thumb-like expansion of the ls. The same specimen also had an additional distal thumb-like expansion of the second segment of the Rpp. Rather than considering this a different species, we decided that it is most likely a teratological specimen.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E902352763FF9E8A0EEB4AFDAAFE5B	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Martens, Koen;Halse, Stuart;Schön, Isa	Martens, Koen, Halse, Stuart, Schön, Isa (2012): Nine new species of Bennelongia De Deckker & McKenzie, 1981 (Crustacea, Ostracoda) from Western Australia, with the description of a new subfamily. European Journal of Taxonomy 8: 1-56, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2012.8
03E90235277CFF9B8A03E81DFB84FA6F.text	03E90235277CFF9B8A03E81DFB84FA6F.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Bennelongia frumenta Martens & Schön 2012	<div><p>Bennelongia frumenta sp. nov.</p><p>(Figs 10-11)</p><p>Etymology</p><p>Bennelongia frumenta sp. nov. is typical of the south-western side of the Western Australian wheatbelt. Wheat = frumenta in Latin.</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>Valves triangular in lateral view, weakly pitted, width more than half the length in dorsal / ventral view and with rostrum well-developed. LV with beak weakly developed. RV with lapel triangular, ventrally pointed; selvage near lapel with a cavity, visible with SEM, but especially with transparent light. Hemipenis with ls slightly extending beyond ms, ls distally rounded and with bluntly pointed apex; ms ventrally and dorsally without lobe-like expansion. Rpp with trapezoidal distal segment; with nearly straight distal margin and very narrow base. Lpp with distal segment sickle-shaped, elongated, almost as long as first segment.</p><p>Measurements (all measurements in µm)</p><p>Male: RV: L = 1310; H = 907. LV: L = 1430; H = 933. Cp: L = 1320-1330; H = 841; W = 810-826. Female: RV: L = 1320-1390; H = 851-905. LB: L = 1460-1500; H = 962. Cp: L = 1400-1520; H = 878; W = 901-907.</p><p>Type locality</p><p>Kodjinup Melaleuca Swamp, 6 km N of Lake Muir in the Cranbrook shire (WA), collected by Adrian Pinder and Jane McRae on 2 Oct. 1998, approximate coordinates; 34 º 23’ 45”S 116 º 39’ 1”E (OSTR11A, SPS105).</p><p>Type material</p><p>Holotype</p><p>Female (WAM.C49380), with soft parts dissected in a sealed slide and valves stored dry in a micropalaeontological slide.</p><p>Allotype</p><p>Male (WAM.C49381), with soft parts dissected in a sealed slide, valves kept in EtOH (decalcified).</p><p>Paratypes</p><p>LV+ RV of a female (OC.3312); one female carapace (WAM.C49383); three male carapaces (WAM. C49382A-C); soft parts of one male (WAM.C49384 – valves lost).</p><p>Several in toto specimens in EtOH (voucher specimens WAM.C49385).</p><p>Other material investigated</p><p>Wetland south east of Kodjinup Swamp, collected by Andrew Storey and SH on 21 Oct. 1997, approximate coordinates: 34º 23’ 00”S 116º 40’ 00”E. Specimens from this locality: a dissected male (WAM.C49386); LV+ RV of a female (WAM.C49387).</p><p>Job’s Sump, collected by Jane McRae and Mick Smith on 10 Oct. 1997, approximate coordinates: 32º 21’ 15”S 117º 39’ 27”E (SPS 060).</p><p>West Kulunilup Swamp, collected by Andrew Storey and SH on 22 Oct. 1997, approximate coordinates: 34º 20’ 00”S 116º 47’ 00”E. Specimens from this locality: several voucher specimens in EtOH (OSTR 13E), slide #38, a dissected male (OC.3313) and a female CP (WAM.C49388).</p><p>Unnamed claypan, Pingrup, collected by Adrian Pinder on 13 Sep. 2007, approximate coordinates: 33º 26’ 49”S 118º 30’ 41”E. Specimens from this locality: several voucher specimens in EtOH (OSTR 13G, ABP 051); LV+ RV of a female (OC.3314).</p><p>Lake Wheatfield, collected by David Cale on 26 Oct. 2005, approximate coordinates: 33º 48’ 46”S 121º 55’ 38”E (SPM 005B).</p><p>Differential diagnosis</p><p>Bennelongia frumenta sp. nov. belongs to the B. cygnus lineage because of its triangular shape, the simple type of hemipenis and the pointed lapel. It can be distinguished from the other species in this lineage, B. cygnus sp. nov. (see above), by the presence of a cavity in the selvage near the lapel, the absence of a dorsal lobe on the ms of the hemipenes, the elongated second segment of the Lpp and the narrow base of the second segment of the Rpp.</p><p>Additional description</p><p>Valves triangular (Figure 10 A-D), with greatest height situated in the middle; LV overlapping RV on all sides (Figure 10K), dorsally only in the first half of the carapace, ventral margin almost straight; width of carapace in dorsal and ventral views (Figure 10 E-H) more than half the length, greatest width situated in the middle, anterior rostrum strong; carapace weakly pitted and set with few, very short setae.</p><p>Male valves slightly smaller and more highly arched than female valves, otherwise very similar in appearance.</p><p>LV (Figure 10A, C) with posterior calcified inner lamella narrow, inner list running along valve margin and creating a narrow sulcus; this sulcus continuing towards the anterior side and widening up in between both anterior inner lists; antero-ventral beak weakly developed.</p><p>RV (Figure 10B, D) of similar shape as LV, smaller and slightly less high; posterior and ventral margin set with tubercles, anterior calcified inner lamella with short inner list, the latter forming a ‘cavity’ in and on the selvage near the lapel; lapel relatively long, rather ventrally situated and ventrally pointed (Figure 10I, J); inner margin of posterior calcified inner lamella with long inner list (reaching almost up to dorsal margin) and with selvage submarginal.</p><p>Most appendages as typical of the genus and without special features.</p><p>Rpp (Figure 11B) with basal segment elongated, c. 1.5 x the central width; subapically with two unequal sensory organs; second segment trapezoidal, with blunt dorsal and pointed ventral edge, distal margin nearly straight, base of segment very narrow.</p><p>Lpp (Figure 11C, D) with first segment more slender, more than twice as long as wide, subapically with an elongated outgrowth, subapically with a short sensory organ; distal segment sickle-shaped and elongated, longer than dorsal margin of first segment.</p><p>Walking leg (Figure 11E) stout and hirsute.</p><p>Hemipenes (Figure 11A) symmetrical; LS with rounded dorsal margin and bluntly pointed distal edge; MS with oblique but straight distal margin, ventrally with a broadly rounded lobe, ventrally without additional lobe.</p><p>Ecology and distribution</p><p>The species has thus far been found in a variety of seasonal and, less commonly, permanent wetlands and streams in the south-western Wheatbelt of Western Australia and in higher rainfall areas. The species has been recorded in water with conductivity 1550-9260 µS cm-1 and pH 6.0-9.6.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E90235277CFF9B8A03E81DFB84FA6F	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Martens, Koen;Halse, Stuart;Schön, Isa	Martens, Koen, Halse, Stuart, Schön, Isa (2012): Nine new species of Bennelongia De Deckker & McKenzie, 1981 (Crustacea, Ostracoda) from Western Australia, with the description of a new subfamily. European Journal of Taxonomy 8: 1-56, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2012.8
03E902352779FF9A8A3DEC02FC3DFC1B.text	03E902352779FF9A8A3DEC02FC3DFC1B.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Bennelongia australis (Brady 1886)	<div><p>Bennelongia australis - lineage</p><p>Remarks</p><p>Brady (1886) described Chlamydotheca australis based on empty valves collected by Prof R. Tate from Penola (South Australia). The description was incomplete and, as pointed out by De Deckker (1981a), most likely also erroneous: although the LV (Brady 1886, plate 9 fig. 7) is undoubtedly of a species of Bennelongia, the RV is not. De Deckker (loc.cit.) investigated the type material of Chlamydotheca australis in the British Musuem (presently the Natural History Museum, London) and found that the slide contained the illustrated Bennelongia LV as well as a second LV, most likely belonging to a species of Heterocypris . It is likely that this is the valve illustrated by Brady (1886, plate 9 fig. 8). As it is the RV that shows most specific features of Bennelongia species, the true identity of Bennelongia australis will be impossible to establish based on the type material only. New material from Penola will be necessary and topotypes must be established to determine what species is the true B. australis . Below, we describe 5 sibling species in this lineage, which can be identified based on shape of the valves, form of the lapel on the RV, shape of the hemipenis and of the prehensile palps. The identity of four of these species was confirmed by molecular screening (see above).</p><p>De Deckker (1981a) extensively redescribed what he thought to be B. australis, based on material from Western Australia (mainly from pools near Leonora and Cunderdin). Based on the illustrated lapels, it is clear that this redescription is based on at least two different species within the B. australis lineage, neither of which are present in our collections. Given the regional specificity of the species within this lineage, it is unlikely that the true B. australis, described from South Australia is amongst the species used by De Deckker (1981a).</p><p>Davies &amp; Christidis (1997) also illustrated a specimen of what they labelled B. australis, collected from lakes in and around Perth.We have collected material from two of the same lakes and describe this species below as B. gwelupensis sp. nov. The species figured by Davies &amp; Christidis (1997) as Bennelongia sp. was described above as B. cygnus sp. nov. Karanovic (2008) illustrated specimens from Pilbara as B. australis s.l. These specimens belong to B. strellyensis sp. nov. in the B. pinpi lineage (see below).</p><p>The B. australis lineage is characterized by relatively large carapaces, LV with intermediately sized beaks and RV with lapel. Most species described here also have rounded dorsal margins and have pronounced anterior (and sometimes posterior) rostrum in dorsal view.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E902352779FF9A8A3DEC02FC3DFC1B	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Martens, Koen;Halse, Stuart;Schön, Isa	Martens, Koen, Halse, Stuart, Schön, Isa (2012): Nine new species of Bennelongia De Deckker & McKenzie, 1981 (Crustacea, Ostracoda) from Western Australia, with the description of a new subfamily. European Journal of Taxonomy 8: 1-56, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2012.8
03E902352778FF978A5EEE56FE76FDDD.text	03E902352778FF978A5EEE56FE76FDDD.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Bennelongia coondinerensis Martens & Schön 2012	<div><p>Bennelongia coondinerensis sp. nov.</p><p>(Figs 12, 13, 14A, B)</p><p>Etymology</p><p>The species is named after its type locality, Coondiner Pool, Pilbara.</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>Cp with pronounced anterior rostrum, and weaker posterior rostrum. LV with pronounced anteroventral beak and rounded dorsal margin. Lapel on RV tear-shaped, dorsally sloping towards valve margin. Hemipenis with MS with straight margin, ventrally widely produced as a rounded lobe; ls in one hemipene rounded, and distally bluntly pointed, in second hemipenis distally with thumb-like process; tips of ls and ms well-separated, ls extending clearly beyond ms. Rpp with distal segment triangular, rather broad. Lpp with proximal segment bearing rectangular apical outgrowth; distal segment sickleshaped, tapering and rather elongated.</p><p>Measurements (all measurements in µm)</p><p>Male: RV: L = 1640, H = 971. LV: L = 1690, H = 911. Cp: L = 1690-1710; W = 911-913.</p><p>Female: RV: L = 1750, H = 1040. LV: L = 1860, H = 1120. Cp: L = 1810-1890; W = 1020-1080.</p><p>Type locality</p><p>Coondiner Pool, Pilbara, WA (sample KIES14); approximate coordinates: 22º 43’26”S 119º 39’ 23”E. All material used for the present description collected on 24 Apr. 2006 by the authors.</p><p>Type material</p><p>Holotype</p><p>Male (WAM.C49389), with soft parts dissected in a sealed slide and valves stored dry in a micropalaeontological slide.</p><p>Allotype</p><p>Female (WAM.C49390), with soft parts dissected in a sealed slide and valves stored dry in a micropalaeontological slide.</p><p>Paratypes</p><p>One male dissected and stored as the holotype (OC.3315); three male carapaces (WAM.C49391A, WAM.C49392), two female carapaces (WAM.C49391B-C). 2 RV +1LV of a female (OC.3317A-C).</p><p>Several in toto specimens in EtOH (WAM.C49393).</p><p>Other material investigated</p><p>Ethel Creek Clay pan, Pilbara, approximate coordinates: 22º 49’ 32”S 120º 15’ 32”E. Collected by the authors on 24 Apr. 2006.</p><p>Differential diagnosis</p><p>The species belongs to the B. australis group because of the generally large size (L&gt; 1500 µm), the presence of a lapel on the RV and of a strong anterior rostrum in dorsal view. It can be distinguished from the other species in this lineage by the rounded dorsal margin of the LV, the tear-shaped lapel, the broad second segment of the Rpp, the fact that tips of ls and ms of the hemipenes are well-separated from each other and that ls extends well beyond the ms.</p><p>The shape of the lapel somewhat resembles that of the second species redescribed by De Deckker (1981a) as B. australis (from a pool close to Cunderdin), yet these latter specimens have much more highly arched valves, while also the edge of the beak in the LV is less pointed than in B. coondinerensis sp. nov.</p><p>Additional description</p><p>Valves in lateral view with rounded dorsal margin (Figure 12 A-D), LV overlapping RV on all sides (Figure 12K, L), greatest height anterior to the middle; in dorsal and ventral views (Figure 12 E-H) with greatest width in the middle of the carapace; anterior rostrum well-developed, posterior side weakly pointed, LV dorsally ridge-like; external surface weakly pitted and set with setae of intermediate length.</p><p>LV in inner view (Figure 12A, C) with rounded dorsal margin, greatest height situated in the middle; antero-ventral beak-like expansion rather large; posterior part of ventral margin markedly sloping in dorsal direction.</p><p>RV (Figure 12D) in inner view with greatest height situated in front of the middle, dorsal margin almost straight for about the middle third; posterior selvage clearly inwardly displaced in the posterior half of the valve, posterior inner list merging with posterior selvage at about halfway the length of the latter; lapel tear-shaped (Figure 12I, J), dorsally sloping towards the valve margin, ventrally abruptly curving towards it; antero-ventral inner list running to about halfway the lapel; selvage at height of lapel expanded and slightly striate.</p><p>Most appendages as typical of the genus and without special features.</p><p>Rpp (Figure 13A) with first segment c. 1.5 times as long as wide, subapically with one long but slender, and one short sensory organ; second palp segment triangular, rather broad, with almost straight distal margin; apically with one small sensory organ.</p><p>Lpp (Figure 13B) with first segment elongated, more than twice as long as central width, subapically with one stout sensory organ, apically with a rectangular outgrowth, bearing one small sensory organ; second palp segment sickle-shaped and relatively elongated (L&gt; ½ L of first segment).</p><p>T2 (Figure 13C) a hirsute walking leg, with seta d1&gt; seta d2. Hemipenes (Figure 14A, B) with tips of ls and ms well separated from one another, ls reaching well beyond tip of ms, distal part of ms produced into an elongated lobe; distal part of ls bluntly pointed with distal margin rounded in one hemipenis, ls almost rectangular with distal thumb-like process in the other.</p><p>Ecology and distribution</p><p>Bennelongia coondinerensis sp. nov. has thus far been found in two localities in the Pilbara region. Both clay pans had turbid waters (through suspended clay), with a thin layer of planktonic algae in the top few centimetres of turbid water. This ostracod species has been recorded in water with conductivity 104-197 µS cm-1 and pH 7.7-10.2. This high pH is almost certainly owing to photosynthetic activity of the mentioned algae.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E902352778FF978A5EEE56FE76FDDD	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Martens, Koen;Halse, Stuart;Schön, Isa	Martens, Koen, Halse, Stuart, Schön, Isa (2012): Nine new species of Bennelongia De Deckker & McKenzie, 1981 (Crustacea, Ostracoda) from Western Australia, with the description of a new subfamily. European Journal of Taxonomy 8: 1-56, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2012.8
03E902352773FF908A2CEB4AFB86F85E.text	03E902352773FF908A2CEB4AFB86F85E.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Bennelongia gwelupensis Martens & Schön 2012	<div><p>Bennelongia gwelupensis sp. nov.</p><p>(Figs 14 C-F, 15)</p><p>Bennelongia australis (Brady, 1886) – Davies &amp; Christidis 1997: 81, figs 8.3.21a,b.</p><p>Etymology</p><p>Named after the type locality, Lake Gwelup, Perth.</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>Cp with pronounced anterior rostrum, and weaker posterior rostrum. LV with pronounced anteroventral beak and rounded dorsal margin. Lapel on RV almost evenly rounded, dorsally sloping towards valve margin. Hemipenis with MS with straight margin, ventrally widely produced as a bluntly pointed lobe; ls in both hemipenes evenly rounded, distally with blunt tip; tips of ls and ms well-separated, ls and ms nearly equally long. Rpp with distal segment triangular, relatively elongated. Lpp with proximal segment bearing rectangular apical outgrowth with rounded tip; distal segment sickle-shaped, elongated, as long as first segment, and with almost parallel margins, except for distal part.</p><p>Measurements (all measurements in µm)</p><p>Female: RV: L = 1710; H = 1040. LV: L = 1830; H = 1110. Cp: L = 1610-1820; H = 1080; W = 860-916.</p><p>Type locality</p><p>Lake Gwelup, Perth (WA); approximate coordinates: 31º 52’ 37”S 115º 47’ 18”E. Material used for the present description collected on 23 Dec. 2008 and on 15 July 2010 by the authors.</p><p>Type material</p><p>Holotype</p><p>A female (WAM.C49394), with soft parts dissected in glycerine in a sealed slide, valves stored dry in a micropalaeontological slide.</p><p>Allotype</p><p>As the population collected at the type locality is fully parthenogenetic, no males occurred (at least at the time of collection) and no allotype can be designated.</p><p>Paratypes</p><p>Four female carapaces (WAM.C49395A-D) and several in toto specimens in EtOH (WAM.C49396).</p><p>Other material investigated</p><p>Big Carine Swamp, Perth, collected by the authors on 15 July 2010, approximate coordinates: 31º 51’ 08”S 115º 47’ 04”E.</p><p>Several pools between Bunbury and Perth, collected by the authors on 04 July 2010 and 31 July 2010. The only male found thus far was in a dense population in a large ditch next to a parking lot beside Forrest Highway, just northeast of the Greenlands Road intersection, 32º 38’ 29”S 115º 48’ 34”E (sample MR/10). Specimens from this locality: a male (WAM.C49397) dissected and stored as the holotype; 3 female carapaces (WAM.C49398A-C). All other pools, as well as Lake Gwelup and Big Carine Swamp, held only parthenogenetic populations.</p><p>Small unnamed streamlet, inflowing in Leschenault Estuary, collected by the authors on 04 July 2010 and 31.7.2010 This is the most southern locality thus far of this species; approximate coordinates: 33º 19’ 10.3”S 115º 41’ 17.3”E (sample MR/09). Specimens from this locality: RV +LV of one female and a Cp of a female (OC.3316A-B);</p><p>Differential diagnosis</p><p>This species belongs to the B. australis group because of the generally large size (L&gt; 1500 µm), the presence of a lapel on the RV and of a strong anterior rostrum in dorsal view. It can be distinguished from the other species in this lineage by the rounded dorsal margin of the LV, the rounded lapel, the rather narrow second segment of the Rpp, the fact that tips of ls and ms of the hemipenes are wellseparated from each other and that ls and ms are almost equally long.</p><p>Additional description</p><p>Valves in lateral view with rounded dorsal margin (Figure 15 A-B), LV overlapping RV on all sides (Figure 15C, H), greatest height anterior to the middle; in dorsal and ventral view (Figure 15E,G) with greatest width in the middle of the carapace; anterior rostrum well-developed (Figure 15F), posterior side bluntly pointed, LV dorsally ridge-like; external surface weakly pitted and almost devoid of setae.</p><p>LV (Figure 15A) in inner view with rounded dorsal margin, greatest height situated anterior to the middle; antero-ventral beak-like expansion rather large; ventral margin almost straight over most of its length.</p><p>RV (Figure 15B) in inner view with greatest height situated well in front of the middle, dorsal margin almost straight for about the middle third; posterior selvage submarginal, posterior inner list merging with posterior selvage at about halfway the length of the latter; lapel (Figure 15G, I, J) rounded, dorsally sloping towards the valve margin, ventrally gently curving towards it; antero-ventral inner list running to about halfway the lapel; selvage at height of lapel expanded, not striate.</p><p>Most appendages as typical of the genus and without special features.</p><p>Rpp (Figure 14C) with first segment c. 1.5 times as long as wide, subapically with one long but slender, and one short sensory organ; second palp segment triangular, rather elongate, with sinuous distal margin; apically with one small sensory organ.</p><p>Lpp (Figure 14E) with first segment elongated, more than twice as long as central width, subapically with one long but slender sensory organ, slightly swollen in the middle; apically with a short and distally rounded outgrowth, bearing one very small sensory organ; second palp segment nearly straight, sickleshaped and relatively elongated (L = L of first segment); distal part of this segment straight and with nearly parallel margins.</p><p>Hemipenes (Figure 14D, F) symmetrical, with tips of ls and ms well separated from one another, ls and ms almost equally long, distal part of ms produced into an elongated lobe; distal part of ls bluntly pointed with distal margin rounded.</p><p>Ecology and distribution</p><p>The species is common in Perth wetlands, where it occurs in large populations most of the year, and along the south-west coast of Western Australia. Its most southern known locality is a small stream entering Leschenault Estuary in Bunbury, where it occurred together with Cyprideis australiensis and Eucypris virens . The species has been recorded in water with conductivity 483-3880 µS cm-1 and pH 6.8.</p><p>Remarks</p><p>Davies &amp; Christidis (1997) mention the presence of B. australis in 11 Perth wetlands. We have been able to identify two of these populations (Lake Gwelup, Big Carina swamp) as B. gwelupensis sp. nov., but most likely all of the populations of these 11 wetlands belong to this species.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E902352773FF908A2CEB4AFB86F85E	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Martens, Koen;Halse, Stuart;Schön, Isa	Martens, Koen, Halse, Stuart, Schön, Isa (2012): Nine new species of Bennelongia De Deckker & McKenzie, 1981 (Crustacea, Ostracoda) from Western Australia, with the description of a new subfamily. European Journal of Taxonomy 8: 1-56, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2012.8
03E902352770FFAD8AE3EB4AFE55FA10.text	03E902352770FFAD8AE3EB4AFE55FA10.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Bennelongia lata Martens & Schön 2012	<div><p>Bennelongia lata sp. nov.</p><p>(Figs 16, 17 A-C)</p><p>Etymology</p><p>The species has a broad lapel on the RV. Broad = lata in Latin.</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>Cp with pronounced anterior rostrum, posteriorly bluntly pointed. LV with relatively weak anteroventral beak and perfectly rounded dorsal margin. Lapel on RV broad, running parallel to selvage. Hemipenis with ms with straight margin, ventrally widely produced as a broad lobe; ls in both hemipenes boot shaped, distally with blunt tip; tips of ls and ms close together, ls slightly longer than ms. Rpp with distal segment triangular, broad. Lpp with proximal segment without apical outgrowth; distal segment sickleshaped, elongated, as long as first segment, and with almost parallel margins, except for distal part.</p><p>Measurements (all measurements in µm)</p><p>Male: RV: L = 1660-1700; H = 930-962. LV: L = 1770-1810; H = 995-1030. Cp: L = 1670-1800; H = 881-995.</p><p>Female: Cp: L = 2000-2040; H = 1130; W = 1120-1170.</p><p>Type locality</p><p>Yandoo Billabong, Boolathana Station, Gascoyne, WA (sample SIEK3); approximate coordinates 24º 38’ 25”S 113º 55’ 20”E. All material was collected on 7 Apr. 2006 by the authors.</p><p>Type material</p><p>Holotype</p><p>Male (WAM.C49399), with soft parts dissected in a sealed slide, valves stored dry in a micropalaeontological slide.</p><p>Allotype</p><p>LV and RV of a female (WAM.C49400) stored dry in a micropalaeontological slide.</p><p>Paratypes</p><p>Two males dissected and stored as the holotype (WAM.C49401, OC.3318); two males and one female (WAM.C49402A-C) carapaces in a micropalaeontological slide.</p><p>Several juvenile specimens: one cp of a male (A-1) (WAM.C49403); 2 Cp and 1 LV female (A-1) and 1 Cp female (A-3) (WAM.C49404A-D).</p><p>Several specimens in EtOH (WAM.C49405).</p><p>Other material investigated</p><p>Tirigie Claypan, Boolathana Station, Gascoyne, WA (sample SIEK 4), approximate coordinates: 24º 38’ 29”S 113º 59’ 44”E. All material was collected on 7 Apr. 2006 by the authors.</p><p>Differential diagnosis</p><p>The species belongs to the B. australis group because of the generally large size (L&gt; 1500 µm), the presence of a lapel on the RV and of a strong anterior rostrum in dorsal view. It can be distinguished from the other species in this lineage by the very rounded dorsal margin of both valves, the elongated lapel running parallel to the selvage, the very broad second segment of the Rpp, the fact that tips of ls and ms of the hemipenes are hardly separated from each other and that the ls is slightly longer than the ms.</p><p>Additional description</p><p>Valves in lateral view (Figure 16 A-D) with rounded dorsal margin, LV overlapping RV on all sides (Figure 16K), greatest height in the middle; in dorsal and ventral views (Figure 16 E-H) with greatest width in the middle of the carapace; anterior rostrum well-developed, posterior side bluntly pointed, LV dorsally less ridge-like than in the other species of this lineage; external surface weakly pitted and sparsely set with short setae.</p><p>LV (Figure 16A, C) in inner view with rounded dorsal margin, greatest height situated in the middle; antero-ventral beak-like expansion moderate; ventral margin almost straight over most of its length.</p><p>RV (Figure 16B, D) in inner view with greatest height situated slightly in front of the middle, dorsal margin rounded; posterior selvage submarginal, posterior inner list merging with posterior selvage; remnant of valve margin visible between lapel and valve margin; antero-ventral inner list running to about halfway the lapel; selvage at height of lapel expanded, not striate, lapel (Figure 16I, J) broad and long, see specific name.</p><p>Most appendages as typical of the genus and without special features.</p><p>Rpp (Figure 17C) with first segment c. 1.5 times as long as wide, subapically with one long but slender, and one short sensory organ; second palp segment triangular, broad, with straight distal margin; apically with one small sensory organ.</p><p>Lpp (Figure 17A) with first segment elongated, more than twice as long as central width, subapically with one long, but slender sensory organ, slightly striate in the middle; apically without distinct outgrowth, but with one small sensory organ; second palp segment nearly straight, sickle-shaped and relatively elongated (L = c. L of first segment); distal part of this segment straight and with nearly parallel margins.</p><p>Hemipenes (Figure 17B) asymmetrical, with tips of ls and ms situated closely together, ls slightly longer than ms, distal part of ms produced into a blunt lobe; distal part of ls boot-shaped, bluntly pointed with distal margin rounded in one hemipenis, with thumb-like expansion in the other.</p><p>Ecology and distribution</p><p>The species is known from two semi-permanent turbid, freshwater billabongs in the Gascoyne area, namely the type locality Yandoo Billabong and Tirigie Claypan (see above). No further environmental data are available.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E902352770FFAD8AE3EB4AFE55FA10	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Martens, Koen;Halse, Stuart;Schön, Isa	Martens, Koen, Halse, Stuart, Schön, Isa (2012): Nine new species of Bennelongia De Deckker & McKenzie, 1981 (Crustacea, Ostracoda) from Western Australia, with the description of a new subfamily. European Journal of Taxonomy 8: 1-56, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2012.8
03E90235274FFFA88A08EFB0FD5DFC59.text	03E90235274FFFA88A08EFB0FD5DFC59.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Bennelongia cuensis Martens & Schön 2012	<div><p>Bennelongia cuensis sp. nov.</p><p>(Figs 17 D-H, 18)</p><p>Etymology</p><p>The species is named after a small outback town, Cue, near its type locality.</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>Cp with pronounced anterior rostrum, posteriorly bluntly pointed; in right lateral view, LV overlapping RV on all sides, but with distinct overlap on the dorsal side. LV with relatively rounded anteroventral beak and almost straight dorsal margin. Lapel on RV broad, running parallel to selvage. Hemipenis with ms with straight and broad distal margin, ventrally produced as a long lobe, dorsally also protruding main peniferum as a rounded lobe; ls asymmetrical, in both hemipenes with rounded distal margin and distally with blunt tip, but in one hemipenis without and in the other hemipenis with additional (and unusually elongated) thumb-like expansion; tips of ls and ms well-separated, ls significantly longer than ventral lobe of ms. Rpp with distal segment triangular, relatively elongated and with narrow base. Lpp with proximal segment with small, triangular apical outgrowth; distal segment sickle-shaped, elongated, as long as first segment, and with almost parallel margins, except for distal part.</p><p>Measurements (all measurements in µm)</p><p>Male: RV: L = 1810; H = 1040. LV: L = 1930; H = 1130. Cp: L = 1820-1960. H = 1090. W = 1040-1080. Female: Cp: L = 2170-2230; H = 1360; H = 1180-1300.</p><p>Type locality</p><p>Pool along Great Northern Highway, near Cue, WA, approximate coordinates: 27º 15’ 20”S 117º 58’ 58”E. All specimens collected by SH on 6 Sep. 2006.</p><p>Type material</p><p>Holotype</p><p>Male (WAM.C49406), with soft parts dissected in a sealed slide, RV stored dry in a micropalaeontological slide (LV lost).</p><p>Allotype</p><p>A carapace of a female (WAM.C49407) stored dry in a micropalaeontological slide.</p><p>Paratypes</p><p>Three males (WAM.C49408-49409, OC.3319) dissected and stored as the holotype; two male carapaces (WAM.C49410).</p><p>Several specimens in EtOH (WAM.C49411).</p><p>Other material investigated</p><p>The species is thus far known from its type locality only.</p><p>Differential diagnosis</p><p>The species belongs to the B. australis group because of the generally large size (L&gt; 1500 µm – it is the largest species here described), the presence of a lapel on the RV and of a strong anterior rostrum in dorsal view. It can be distinguished from the other species in this lineage by the considerable dorsal overlap of the RV by the LV, the straight dorsal margin of the LV, the elongated lapel running parallel to the selvage, the rather narrow second segment of the Rpp, the fact that tip of ls and ms of the hemipenes are well-separated from each other and that the ls extends much longer than the ventral lobe of the ms. Bennelongia cuensis sp. nov. is similar to the previously described species, B. lata sp. nov., especially in the shape of the lapel on the RV, but can be easily distinguished by the shape of the carapace in right lateral view (rounded with limited dorsal overlap in B. lata sp. nov., sub quadrate with considerable dorsal and ventral overlap in B. cuensis sp. nov.) and especially by the shape of the ms on the hemipenis (ventrally bluntly pointed and short and without dorsal lobe in B. lata sp. nov., with elongated and narrow lobes on both dorsal and ventral sides in B. cuensis sp. nov.)</p><p>Additional description</p><p>Valves (Figure 18A, B) in lateral view with straight dorsal margin, LV overlapping RV on all sides (Figure 18G, H), but with considerable dorsal overlap, greatest height situated in the middle; in dorsal and ventral views (Figure 18 C-F) with greatest width in the middle of the carapace; anterior rostrum well-developed, posterior side bluntly pointed, LV dorsally ridge-like; external surface weakly pitted and set with short setae.</p><p>LV (Figure 18A) in inner view with rather straight dorsal margin, greatest height situated in the middle; antero-ventral beak-like expansion moderate and rounded; ventral margin slightly sinuous in the middle.</p><p>RV (Figure 18B) in inner view with greatest height situated slightly in front of the middle, dorsal margin rounded; posterior selvage sub marginal, posterior inner list merging with posterior selvage; remnant of valve margin visible between lapel and valve margin; antero-ventral inner list running to about halfway</p><p>the lapel; selvage at height of lapel expanded, striate; lapel (Figure 18 I-K) broad, running parallel to selvage, slightly striate.</p><p>Most appendages as typical of the genus and without special features.</p><p>Rpp (Figure 17D) with first segment c 1.5 times as long as wide, subapically with one long but slender, and one short sensory organ; second palp segment elongate, with narrow base, apically with one small sensory organ.</p><p>Lpp (Figure 17G, H) with first segment elongated, more than twice as long as central width, subapically with one long, stout sensory organ; apically with small, rounded outgrowth, a small sensory organ at the base of this lobe; second palp segment nearly straight, sickle-shaped and relatively elongated, as long as first segment; distal part of this segment straight and with nearly parallel margins.</p><p>Hemipenes (Figure 17E, F) asymmetrical, with tips of ls and ms well-separated, ls extending well beyond ms, ventral part of ms produced into an elongated, pointed lobe, dorsally also extending beyond peniferum with a rounded lobe; distal part of ls bluntly pointed with distal margin rounded in one hemipenis, with elongated thumb-like expansion in the other.</p><p>Ecology and distribution</p><p>The species is known from its type locality only, a small seasonal claypan with fresh turbid water. No further environmental data are available.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E90235274FFFA88A08EFB0FD5DFC59	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Martens, Koen;Halse, Stuart;Schön, Isa	Martens, Koen, Halse, Stuart, Schön, Isa (2012): Nine new species of Bennelongia De Deckker & McKenzie, 1981 (Crustacea, Ostracoda) from Western Australia, with the description of a new subfamily. European Journal of Taxonomy 8: 1-56, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2012.8
03E90235274AFFA48A5CEE1BFC82FECB.text	03E90235274AFFA48A5CEE1BFC82FECB.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Bennelongia bidgelangensis Martens & Schön 2012	<div><p>Bennelongia bidgelangensis sp. nov.</p><p>(Figs 19, 20)</p><p>Etymology</p><p>The species is named after it type locality, Bidgelang Pool on Callytharra Springs Station in the Gascoyne, WA.</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>Cp with pronounced anterior rostrum, posteriorly bluntly pointed; highly arched in right lateral view, LV overlapping RV on all sides. LV with relatively rounded anteroventral beak, rounded dorsal margin and large postero-ventral flange. RV in lateral view highly arched, with highest point of dorsal margin at about 1/3 of the total length. Lapel on RV broad, dorsally slightly sloping towards selvage. Hemipenis with ms with straight distal margin, ventrally produced as a pointed lobe, dorsally slightly protruding main peniferum as a bluntly pointed lobe; ls asymmetrical, in both hemipenes with straight distal margin and distally with blunt tip, but in one hemipenis with additional elongated thumb-like expansion; tips of ls and ms almost touching, ls very slightly longer than ventral lobe of ms; hallway perniferum with additional small internal lobe. Rpp with distal segment elongated and with narrow base. Lpp with proximal segment with broad, rectangular apical outgrowth; distal segment sickle-shaped, elongated, as long as first segment, and with almost parallel margins, except for distal part.</p><p>Measurements (all measurements in µm)</p><p>Male: RV: L = 1700-1780; H = 952-1030. LV: L = 1890; H = 1040-1110. Cp: L = 1920; W: 1030. Female: RV: L = 1950; H = 1170. LV: L = 2130; H = 1260. Cp: L = 2030-2090; H = 1230; W = 1130- 1210.</p><p>Type locality</p><p>Bidgelang Pool, Callytharra Springs Station, Gascoyne (WA), approximate coordinates: 24º 34’ 32”S 115º 36’ 01”E. All material collected by SH on 25 Aug. 1994 (OSTR14D).</p><p>Type material</p><p>Holotype</p><p>Male (WAM.C49412), with soft parts dissected in a sealed slide, valves stored dry in a micropalaeontological slide.</p><p>Allotype</p><p>LV and RV of a female (WAM.C49413) stored dry in a micropalaeontological slide.</p><p>Paratypes</p><p>Three males dissected and stored as the holotype (WAM.C49414, WAM.C49417, OC.3320); one male (WAM.C49415A) and three females (WAM.C49415B-D) carapaces stored dry in a micropalaeontological slide, RV +LV of one male (WAM.C49416).</p><p>Several specimens in EtOH (WAM.C49418).</p><p>Other material investigated</p><p>The species is known from its type locality only.</p><p>Differential diagnosis</p><p>The species belongs to the B. australis group because of the generally large size (L&gt; 1500 µm), the presence of a lapel on the RV and of a strong anterior rostrum in dorsal view. It can be distinguished from the other species in this lineage by the highly arched aspect of carapace and valves, the strongly produced postero-ventral flange on the LV (unique character for this species in the B. australis lineage), the broad and elongated lapel on the RV, dorsally sloping towards the selvage, the narrow second segment of the Rpp, and the fact that the tips of ls and ms of the hemipenes are almost touching each other.</p><p>Additional description</p><p>Valves in lateral view (Figure 19 A-D) with middle part of dorsal margin almost straight, LV overlapping RV on all sides (Figure 19K), greatest height situated posteriorly from the middle; in dorsal and ventral views (Figure 19 E-H) with greatest width in the middle of the carapace; anterior rostrum well-developed, posterior side bluntly pointed, LV dorsally ridge-like; external surface weakly pitted and set with short setae.</p><p>LV (Figure 19A, C) in inner view with slightly rounded dorsal margin, greatest height situated in the middle; antero-ventral beak-like expansion moderate and rounded; ventral margin slightly sinuous in the middle; postero-ventral flange strongly produced.</p><p>RV (Figure 19B, D) in inner view with greatest height situated at about 1/3 of total length, dorsal margin rounded; posterior selvage not sub-marginal, well inwardly displaced, posterior inner list merging with posterior selvage below half of the height of the valve; remnant of valve margin visible between lapel and valve margin; antero-ventral inner list running to about 1/4 of length of the lapel; selvage at height of lapel expanded, striate; lapel broad, dorsally slightly sloping towards selvage, slightly striate (Figure 19I, J).</p><p>Most appendages as typical of the genus and without special features.</p><p>Rpp (Figure 20A, E) with first segment c. 1.5 times as long as wide, subapically with one long and basally stout, and one very short sensory organ; second palp segment elongate and with narrow base, with straight distal margin; apically with one small sensory organ.</p><p>Lpp (Figure 20C, D) with first segment elongated, length c. 1.5 x central width as central width, subapically with one long, stout sensory organ; apically with broad, rectangular outgrowth, a small sensory organ at the base of this lobe; second palp segment nearly straight, sickle-shaped and relatively elongated, as long as first segment; distal part of this segment straight and with nearly parallel margins.</p><p>Hemipenes (Figure 20B) asymmetrical, with tips of ls and ms almost touching, ls and ms almost equally long; ventral part of ms produced into a bluntly pointed lobe, dorsally also extending beyond peniferum with a rounded lobe; ls almost rectangular, distal margin almost straight in both hemipenes, ventrally bluntly pointed in one hemipenis, with elongated thumb-like expansion in the other.</p><p>Ecology and distribution</p><p>The species is known from its type locality only, a permanent river pool along the mostly dry Wooramel River. Water conductivity was 106 µS cm-1 and pH 7.7.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E90235274AFFA48A5CEE1BFC82FECB	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Martens, Koen;Halse, Stuart;Schön, Isa	Martens, Koen, Halse, Stuart, Schön, Isa (2012): Nine new species of Bennelongia De Deckker & McKenzie, 1981 (Crustacea, Ostracoda) from Western Australia, with the description of a new subfamily. European Journal of Taxonomy 8: 1-56, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2012.8
03E902352746FFA48A10EBAFFBC6FCCD.text	03E902352746FFA48A10EBAFFBC6FCCD.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Bennelongia pinpi De Deckker 1981	<div><p>Bennelongia pinpi - lineage</p><p>Remarks</p><p>Bennelongia pinpi De Deckker, 1981 was described from Pine Tree Creek Lagoon in Queensland and is characterized by a very pronounced antero-ventral beak-like expansion in the LV, more so than in any other species of Bennelongia, and also by the absence of an antero-ventral lapel on the RV and by the presence of an antero-ventral expansion of the RV.</p><p>The following two species are allocated to this species group based on the latter two features, as the beak on the LV is not particularly large in either of them. An additional character might be the heavily sclerotized dorsal margins of the A 1 in this species group (Figure 24F).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E902352746FFA48A10EBAFFBC6FCCD	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Martens, Koen;Halse, Stuart;Schön, Isa	Martens, Koen, Halse, Stuart, Schön, Isa (2012): Nine new species of Bennelongia De Deckker & McKenzie, 1981 (Crustacea, Ostracoda) from Western Australia, with the description of a new subfamily. European Journal of Taxonomy 8: 1-56, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2012.8
03E902352746FFA08A36E9A6FC66FDCF.text	03E902352746FFA08A36E9A6FC66FDCF.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Bennelongia strellyensis Martens & Schön 2012	<div><p>Bennelongia strellyensis sp. nov.</p><p>(Figs 21, 22)</p><p>Bennelongia australis s.l. (Brady, 1886) – Karanovic 2008: 282-286, figs 10-12.</p><p>Etymology</p><p>Named after the type locality, Strelley Station, Pilbara (WA).</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>Cp with pronounced anterior rostrum, posteriorly bluntly pointed; rounded in right lateral view, LV overlapping RV on all sides, external valve surface centrally almost completely smooth and devoid of setae. LV with pronounced anteroventral beak, and highly arched, rounded dorsal margin. RV in lateral view rather elongated, with highest point of dorsal margin at about 1/3 of the total length; lapel on RV absent, but valves building a triangular bulbous expansion in the same location; anterior selvage with flange-like expansion and with additional inner submarginal list.</p><p>Hemipenis symmetrical, heavily sclerotized. ms forming a three-dimensional structure, embracing ls along three sides (proximal, ventral, distal). ls a large, slightly curved lobe, with almost parallel sides, distally bluntly pointed in ventral direction. About halfway the hemipenal body, one additional lobe present.</p><p>Rpp with distal segment short and rounded, with blunt tip bearing a sensory organ. Lpp with distal segment sickle-shaped, rounded and short.</p><p>Measurements (all measurements in µm)</p><p>Male: RV: L = 1710-1900; H = 1090-1130. LV: L = 790-2010; H = 1080-1220. Cp: L = 1860-1880; H = 1120; W = 1140-1150.</p><p>Female: RV: L = 1870; H = 1130. LV: L = 1980; H = 1200. Cp: L = 1880-2000; H = 1170; W: 1160-1230.</p><p>Type locality</p><p>Unnamed roadside pool on Strelley Station, Pilbara, WA (KIES3), approximate coordinates: 20º 31’ 24”S 119º 03’ 40”E. All material collected on 22 Apr. 2006 by the authors.</p><p>Type material</p><p>Holotype</p><p>Male (WAM.C49419), with soft parts dissected in a sealed slide, valves stored dry in a micropalaeontological slide.</p><p>Allotype</p><p>LV and RV of a female (WAM.C49420) stored dry in a micropalaeontological slide.</p><p>Paratypes</p><p>Three males (WAM.C49421, 49422, OC.3321) dissected and stored as the holotype; three females (WAM.C49423A-C) and two males (WAM.C49424A,B) carapaces stored dry in a micropalaeontological slide; RV +LV of a male (WAM.C49425).</p><p>Several juvenile specimens: RV +LV of males (A-1) (WAM.C49426); 3 Cp of females (A-1) and 3 Cp of females (A-3) (WAM.C49427AF).</p><p>Several specimens in EtOH (WAM.C49428).</p><p>Other material investigated</p><p>Cooliarin Pool, Pilbara (WA), collected by Adrian Pinder on 10 Sep. 2004, approximate coordinates: 20º 30’ 20”S 118º 37’ 20”E (PSW 033). Specimens from this locality: RV +LV of two females (WAM. C49429, 49330).</p><p>Errawallana Spring, Pilbara (WA), collected by Adrian Pinder on 10 Sep. 2004, approximate coordinates: 21º 37’ 48”S 117º 46’ 14”E (PSW 055). Specimens from this locality: a male, dissected and stored as the holotype (WAM.C49431).</p><p>Differential diagnosis</p><p>Bennelongia strellyensis sp. nov. belongs to the B. pinpi lineage, and therefore differs from all other species in the genus not belonging to this lineage by a combination of the following characters: large species, with well-developed anterior rostrum and bluntly pointed posterior end in dorsal view; RV without antero-ventral lapel, but with bulbous expansion of the valve there; antero-ventral selvage with an additional submarginal inner list. LV with antero-ventral beak well-developed. Hemipenis stout and well-sclerotized; ms a ventral, 3-dimensional structure enveloping the ls. Rpp with short and rounded second segment. Lpp with second segment sickle-shaped and short.</p><p>Within this lineage, B. strellyensis sp. nov. differs from B. pinpi by the length of the antero-ventral beak in the LV (longer in B. pinpi) and by the shape of the valves in lateral view (more highly arched in B. pinpi). The differences between B. strellyensis sp. nov. and B. kimberleyensis sp. nov. will be outlined below.</p><p>Additional description</p><p>Valves in lateral view (Figures 21 A-D) with rounded dorsal margin, LV overlapping RV on all sides (Figures 21K, L), greatest height in the middle; in dorsal and ventral views (Figures 21 E-H) with greatest width in the middle of the carapace; anterior rostrum well-developed, posterior side bluntly pointed, LV. Dorsally only anteriorly ridge-like; external valve surface centrally almost completely smooth and devoid of setae.</p><p>LV (Figure 21A, C) in inner view with rounded dorsal margin, greatest height situated in front of the middle; antero-ventral beak-like expansion large.</p><p>RV (Figure 21B, D) in inner view with greatest height situated well in front of the middle, dorsal margin rounded; posterior selvage submarginal; lapel on RV absent, but valves building a triangular bulbous expansion in the same location (Figure 21I, J); anterior selvage with flange-like expansion and with additional inner submarginal list dorsally merging with selvage.</p><p>Most appendages as typical of the genus and without special features.</p><p>Rpp (Figures 22 B, 24D) with first segment c. twice as long as central width, subapically with one longer (but less so than in species of the previous lineage), and one short sensory organ; second palp segment triangular, broad, without clear ventro-apical corner and rounded distal margin; apically with one small sensory organ.</p><p>Lpp (Figure 22C, D) with first segment elongated, more than 2.5 x as long as central width, subapically with one large and stout sensory organ, apically with rounded outgrowth, without sensory organ; second palp segment sickle-shaped short, and asymmetrically curved over c. 180º, distally with a small sensory organ.</p><p>Hemipenes (Figure 22A) symmetrical, ls protruding well beyond ms, distally bluntly pointed towards the ventral side, proximally with nearly parallel sides; ms actually consisting of three lobes: distal part of ms (ms1) produced into a three-dimensional lobe, embracing the ls on proximal and distal sides (this not visible in drawing, which is made of a flattened hemipenis in a slide) and with a small additional dorsal lobe; ms2 with distal margin nearly straight, ms3 straight and incomplete. (Remark: ms 2 in some populations weakly developed and almost invisible – see below).</p><p>Ecology and distribution</p><p>The species is common in moderately turbid claypans and roadside pools, and in clear water springs, in the Pilbara where it may occur in high densities. The species has been recorded in waters with conductivity 82-1391 µS cm-1 and pH 7.5-8.9.</p><p>Remarks</p><p>The present species closely resembles B. kimberleyensis sp. nov. described below, as was the case of the 5 sibling species in the previous B. australis lineage. The specific status of both new taxa was nevertheless confirmed by molecular methods (see results above), where all the Pilbara and all the Kimberley specimens clustered together in two distinct groups.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E902352746FFA08A36E9A6FC66FDCF	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Martens, Koen;Halse, Stuart;Schön, Isa	Martens, Koen, Halse, Stuart, Schön, Isa (2012): Nine new species of Bennelongia De Deckker & McKenzie, 1981 (Crustacea, Ostracoda) from Western Australia, with the description of a new subfamily. European Journal of Taxonomy 8: 1-56, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2012.8
03E902352742FFBC8A5EE8A5FD5DFBA4.text	03E902352742FFBC8A5EE8A5FD5DFBA4.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Bennelongia kimberleyensis Martens & Schön 2012	<div><p>Bennelongia kimberleyensis sp. nov.</p><p>(Figs 23, 24)</p><p>Etymology</p><p>The species is named after the area in which it occurs, namely the Kimberley in the northern part of Western Australia.</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>Cp with pronounced anterior rostrum, posteriorly bluntly pointed; rounded in right lateral view, LV overlapping RV on all sides, external valve surface centrally almost completely smooth and devoid of setae. LV with pronounced anteroventral beak, and highly arched, rounded dorsal margin. RV in lateral view rather elongated, with highest point of dorsal margin at about 1/3 of the total length; lapel on RV absent, but valves building a triangular bulbous expansion in the same location, this expansion very pronounced; anterior selvage with flange-like expansion and with additional inner submarginal list.</p><p>Hemipenis symmetrical, heavily sclerotized. ms forming a three-dimensional structure, embracing ls along three sides (proximal, ventral, distal). ls a large, slightly curved lobe, with almost parallel sides, distally bluntly pointed in ventral direction. About halfway the hemipenal body, one additional lobe present.</p><p>Rpp with distal segment short and triangular, with a distinct dorso-apical corner, and with blunt tip bearing a sensory organ. Lpp with distal segment sickle-shaped, very curved, and short.</p><p>Measurements (all measurements in µm)</p><p>Male: RV: L = 1998; H = 1159. LV: L = 2093; H = 1230. Cp: L = 2150-2177; H = 1289; W = 1298. Female: RV: L = 2068; H = 1243. Cp: L = 2139-2230; H = 1300; W = 1223-1268.</p><p>Type locality</p><p>Taylors Lagoon, Broome, collected by the authors on 21 July 2011, approximate coordinates: 17º 49’ 184” S 122º 41’936”E (KIMB-01).</p><p>Type material</p><p>Holotype</p><p>Male (WAM.C49432), with soft parts dissected in a sealed slide, valves stored dry in a micropalaeontological slide.</p><p>Allotype</p><p>LV and RV of a female (WAM.C49433) stored dry in a micropalaeontological slide. Paratypes</p><p>Two males (WAM.C49434, OC.3322) dissected and stored as the holotype; three female (WAM.C49435) and three male (WAM.C49436) carapaces stored dry in micropalaeontological slides; RV +LV of a male (WAM.C49437) stored dry in micropalaeontological slides.</p><p>Several specimens in EtOH (WAM.C49438).</p><p>Other material investigated (all from Kimberley)</p><p>Parry Lagoons, collected by Andrew Storey on 21 Sep. 2000, approximate coordinates: 15º 34’ 00”S 128º 17’ 00”E (sample NS-028). Specimens from this locality: two males, dissected and stored as the holotype (OC.3323; WAM.C49441); RV +LV of a male (WAM.C49440); soft parts of a male (WAM. C49442); RV +LV of a female (WAM.C49439).</p><p>Small dam beside natural wetland along Great Northern Highway, collected by the authors on 21 July 2011, approximate coordinates: 17º 45’ 05”S 122º 56’ 14”E (KIMB-04).</p><p>Roadside pool E of Fitzroy River, Willare, collected by the authors on 21 July 2011, approximate coordinates: 17º 44’ 19”S 123º 38’ 30”E (KIMB-05).</p><p>Roadside pool containing cane grass, E of Fitzroy River along Great Northern Highway, collected by the authors on 21 July 2011, approximate coordinates: 17º 44’ 22”S 123º 37’ 54”E (KIMB-06).</p><p>Myall Bore, E pool, collected by the authors on 22 July 2011, approximate coordinates: 17º 20’ 53”S 123º 39’ 59”E (KIMB-10).</p><p>Pool N side of Gibb Rd, collected by the authors on 22 July 2011, approximate coordinates: 17º 21’ 09”S 123º 44’ 11”E (KIMB-11).</p><p>(Identification of KIMB 04,06,10 &amp; 11 was confirmed using barcoding).</p><p>Differential diagnosis</p><p>The present species is slightly larger than B. strellyensis sp. nov. (up to 2.2 mm in Kimberley, up to 2.0 mm in Pilbara), and has a slightly larger antero-ventral beak in the LV, while also the antero-ventral bulbous expansion in the RV is slightly larger.</p><p>The second segment of the Rpp in B. kimberleyensis sp. nov. is more triangular, i.e. with a clear dorsoapical corner. The second segment of the Lpp is less curved, but this also depends partially on the position of this segment relative to the first segment (the second segment can hinge). The hemipenis has a broader ls, while in some Kimberley populations, lobe ms2 is hardly visible, but still present (visible at least on the ventral side at high magnification).</p><p>Additional description</p><p>Valves in lateral view (Figure 23 A-D) with rounded dorsal margin, LV overlapping RV on all sides (Figure 23K, L), greatest height in the middle; in dorsal and ventral views (Figure 21 E-H) with greatest width in the middle of the carapace; anterior rostrum well-developed, posterior side bluntly pointed, LV dorsally only anteriorly ridge-like; external valve surface centrally almost completely smooth and devoid of setae.</p><p>LV (Figure 23A, C) in inner view with rounded dorsal margin, greatest height situated in front of the middle; antero-ventral beak-like expansion large.</p><p>RV (Figure 23B, D) in inner view with greatest height situated well in front of the middle, dorsal margin rounded; posterior selvage submarginal; lapel on RV absent, but valves building a triangular bulbous expansion in the same location (Figure 23I, J); anterior selvage with flange-like expansion and with additional inner submarginal list dorsally merging with selvage.</p><p>Most appendages as typical of the genus and without special features. Rpp (Figure 24A) with first segment c. twice as long as central width, subapically with one longer (but less so than in species of the previous lineage), and one short sensory organ; second palp segment triangular, broad, with clear ventro-apical corner and almost straight distal margin; apically with one small sensory organ.</p><p>Lpp (Figure 24B) with first segment elongated, more than 2.5 x as long as central width, subapically with one large and stout sensory organ, apically with rounded outgrowth, without sensory organ; second palp segment sickle-shaped short, and asymmetrically curved over c. 180º, distally with a small sensory organ.</p><p>T2 (Figure 24E) a hirsute walking leg.</p><p>Hemipenes (Figure 24C) symmetrical, ls protruding well beyond ms, distally bluntly pointed towards the ventral side, proximally with nearly parallel sides; ms actually consisting of three lobes: distal part of ms (ms1) produced into a three-dimensional lobe, embracing the ls on proximal and distal sides (this not visible in drawing, which is made of a flattened hemipenis in a slide) and with a small additional dorsal lobe; ms2 with distal margin nearly straight, ms3 straight and incomplete.</p><p>Ecology and distribution</p><p>This species occurred in a third of all our localities (pools, clay pans) sampled during 2010 in the southwestern Kimberley and was also found in the north-east near the mouth of the Ord River. The species appears to be common through the Kimberley and occurs in fresh, clear or slightly turbid water. No further environmental data are available.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E902352742FFBC8A5EE8A5FD5DFBA4	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Martens, Koen;Halse, Stuart;Schön, Isa	Martens, Koen, Halse, Stuart, Schön, Isa (2012): Nine new species of Bennelongia De Deckker & McKenzie, 1981 (Crustacea, Ostracoda) from Western Australia, with the description of a new subfamily. European Journal of Taxonomy 8: 1-56, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2012.8
