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Abstract

The paper contributes to the systematics of the family Cyprididae
and to a description of the general ostracod biodiversity in Australia.
Riocypris hinzeae sp. nov., is described from wells in the Murchison region
(Western Australia). This is the second species described in the genus,
previously known from South America. Another two species are transferred
into this genus: Riocypris fitzroyi (McKenzie, 1966) comb. nov. and R. fontana
(Graf, 1931) comb. nov. Cyprinotus cingalensis Brady, 1886, collected from
wells in the Pilbara Region (Western Australia), is redescribed. Populations of
some other described Cyprinotus species show extreme variability in
morphology and length of the carapace and the following species are thus
synonymized with C. cingalensis: C. dahli Sars, 1896; C. uenoi Brehm, 1936;
C. kimberleyensis McKenzie, 1966 and C. edwardi McKenzie, 1978. The
morphological variability in carapace shape and uniformity of the internal
morphology of the species Bennelongia australis s. l. (Brady, 1886), here
reported from the Murchison Region, confirms the need for a revision of the
genus Bennelongia because correct identification of many representatives of
this genus is almost impossibl

Item Type:	Article
Authors/Creators:	Karanovic, I
Journal or Publication Title:	Records of the Western Australian Museum
ISSN:	0312-3162
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