Myodocopid Ostracoda (Halocypridina, Cladocopina) from anchialine caves in the Bahamas, Canary Islands, and Mexico / Louis S. Kornicker and Thomas M. Iliffe
Halocyprid Ostracoda from the Bahamas (four species (two new) in three genera from anchialine caves) and the Yucatan Peninsula (two species (one new) in two genera) are described and illustrated. The new species are Spelaeoecia mayan, Deeveya exleyi, and Danielopolina exuma. Supplementary descriptions are presented of Spelaeoecia styx Kornicker in Kornicker et al., 1990, and Danielopolina mexicana Kornicker and Iliffe, 1989. One species is left in open nomenclature as Danielopolina species A. The genus Spelaeoecia has not been previously reported from Mexico, and appendages of Spelaeoecia capax Kornicker in Kornicker et al., 1990, have not been described previously. The ontogeny of Spelaeoecia is discussed, and keys are presented to the species of Spelaeoecia, Deeveya, and Danielopolina.Supplementary descriptions are presented of the halocyprid Danielopolina wilkensi Hartmann, 1985, and the cladocopid Eupolycope pnyx Kornicker and Iliffe, 1995, from a lava tube in Lanzarote, Canary Islands. One specimen of the cladocopid Polycopiella from the lava tube is left in open nomenclature as Polycopiella species A.
