Xestoleberis, Sars, 1866

Antonietto, Lucas Silveira, Machado, Cláudia Pinto, Carmo, Dermeval Aparecido Do & Rosa, José Wilson Correa, 2012, Recent Ostracoda (Arthropoda, Crustacea) from São Pedro-São Paulo Archipelago, Brazil: a preliminary approach, Zootaxa 3335 (1), pp. 29-53 : 42

Xestoleberis ? sp. 3

Fig. 8 :1–3

Material. 26 specimens (MP-612, MP-747 and MP-748).

Figured specimen. CP-500 (carapace) ( Tab. 11).

Remarks. Xestoleberis ? sp. 3 is probably a new species, but due to the scarcity of elements of the carapace and the absence of appendices, the authors prefer to keep it in open nomenclature.

Figures

FIGURE 8. Ostracods from São Pedro-São Paulo Archipelago, Northeastern Brazil. 1–3. Xestoleberis? sp. 3, Adult carapace, CP-500. 1. Right view. 2. Left view. 3. Dorsal view. 4–17. Loxoconcha (Loxocorniculum) tricornata (Krutak, 1971). 4–6. Adult carapace, CP-455 (♂). 1. right view. 2. left view. 3. dorsal view. 7–9. Adult valve, CP-464 (♂). 7. left internal view. 8. Central muscle scar in detail. 9. Interpretation of the central muscle scar. 7. Adult carapace, CP-463 (♀), right view. 8. A-1 valve, CP- 456, right view. 9. A-2 valve, CP-457, right view. 10. A-3 valve, CP-458, right view. 11. A-4 carapace, CP-459, right view. 12. A-5 valve, CP-460, left view. 13. A-6 carapace, CP-461, right view. 14. A-7 carapace, CP-462, right view. Scale = 100 µm.