Terrestricythere elisabethae, Horne & Smith & Whittaker & Murray, 2004, Horne & Smith & Whittaker & Murray, 2004

Horne, David J., Smith, Robin J., Whittaker, John E. & Murray, John W., 2004, The first British record and a new species of the superfamily Terrestricytheroidea (Crustacea, Ostracoda): morphology, ontogeny, lifestyle and phylogeny, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 142 (2), pp. 253-288 : 276-277

LIFESTYLE OF TERRESTRICYTHERE ELISABETHAE

SP. NOV.

Habitat

Terrestricythere elisabethae sp. nov. has been recovered from the high part of the intertidal and salt marsh zones of two small tidally influenced rivers on the south coast of England. The habitats are shady and north facing and have patches of reeds growing along the mud banks of the rivers ( Fig. 18 ). Oak and other deciduous trees grow just above the intertidal zone at both localities; trees overhang and provide

An1, antennule L5, fifth limb

An2, antenna L6, sixth limb Limb resembling that of the adult

Md, mandible L7, seventh limb Anlage of the limb

Mx, maxillula F, furca

Figures

Figure 18. Cross-section of the type locality of Terristricythere elisabethae sp. nov. and local tide data for 2002.