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Observations on Ponticocythereis tricristata (Brady, 1880) from the Admiralty Islands, Papua New Guinea and comments on Quaternary ostracod evolution within the SW Pacific Ocean
The ostracod species originally described as Cythere tricristata Brady, 1880 from the Admiralty Islands, Papua New Guinea, appears to belong to the SW Pacific and Australasian genus Ponticocythereis McKenzie, 1967 (sensu Warne & Whatley 1996). This interpretation is based on the presence of some posterior pointing scale-like spines on the carapace surface of this species. SEM images of the type material for Ponticocythereis tricristara n. comb., which are presented here for the first time, enable the clear differentiation of this species from the very similar Ponticocythereis ichthyoderma (Brady, 1890), Ponticocythereis quadriserialis (Brady, 1890) and Ponticocythereis laingensis (Wouters, 1981). As a consequence of the subdued manifestation of scale-like or blade-like spines on adult specimens of P. tricristata, this species closely resembles juvenile rather than adult specimens of some other Ponticocythereis species. This ontogenetic/phylogenetic relationship suggests that paedomorphic processes were significant in the Quaternary evolutionary radiation of Ponticocythereis species within tropical SW Pacific and Australasian regions.
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of VictoriaVolume
113Issue
2Pagination
229 - 235Publisher
Royal Society of VictoriaLocation
Melbourne, Vic.ISSN
0035-9211Language
engPublication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
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