Two new species of freshwater Ostracoda of the genus Strandesia Stuhlmann, 1888 from Kerala, India

Abstract

Two new species of Strandesia s.l. from southern India (state of Kerala) are described. The first, S. gopinathani sp. nov., belongs to the S. weberi-species group which consists of semi-globular taxa with a large caudal spine on the RV. The second, S. dani sp. nov., is a semi-globular species of which the entire carapace is set with spine-like setae. Both males and females of the second species were present; only a parthenogenetic population of the first species was found.

Keywords :

• Strandesia gopinathani sp. nov.
• Strandesia dani sp. nov.
• morphology
• taxonomy
• Ostracoda
• India
• Freshwater