Muelleroecia, Chavtur & Angel, 2011

Chavtur, Vladimir G. & Angel, Martin V., 2011, Revision of Metaconchoecia (Ostracoda: Halocyprididae) and the designation of two new tribes Conchoeciini and Metaconchoeciini 2857, Zootaxa 2857 (1), pp. 1-87 : 27

Key to species of Muelleroecia

Males

1a. Large conspicuous gland cells present in the anterior region of the carapace beneath the incisure........... M. glandulosa

1b. No large conspicuous gland cells in the anterior region of the carapace beneath the incisure.......................... 2

2a. Length of carapace 0.8–1.1 mm .......................................................................... 3

2b. Length of carapace about 1.5 mm .................................................... M. sp 1. aff. C. macromma

3a. c-seta of A1 long, similar in length to combined length of segments 3 to 5; e-seta armature consists of 15 pairs of long, overlapping, thin spines......................................................................... M. macromma s.s.

3b. c-seta of A1 short, about 75% combined length of segments 3 to 5; e-seta armature consists of 14 pairs of short, thick, nonoverlapping spines............................................................... M. sp 4. aff. C. macromma