Cypridea obovata obovata Swain, 1946 of Wicher (1959)

Fig. 1, 2a–c

1946 Paracypridea obovata n. sp. —Swain, p. 551, pl. 83, figs 14–15.

Diagnosis: Cypridea obovata obovata is an inverse species of the genus Cypridea, but in contrast to the German Cypridea species the posterior end is higher than the anterior end.

Figured specimen: T.-K.-Nr. 3168.

Dimensions: (greatest) length 1.41mm, height 0.58mm, width 0.88mm.

Remarks (Bate et al. herein): Swain (1946) placed the species obovata into a new subgenus of Cypridea which he named Paracypridea and “defined to include Cypridea -like species in which the anterior end is lower than the posterior end, and in which, at least in known examples, the right valve is larger than the left.” (Swain 1946, p. 548). Paracypridea was raised to generic level by Krömmelbein (1961). Wicher’s figure, a drawing x30, shows dimensions larger than those he published (above), as is the case with some other species noted below.