original description
Hornibrook, N. B. (1952). Tertiary and recent marine Ostracoda of New Zealand, their origin affinities and distribution. <em>New Zealand Geological Survey, Paleontological Bulletin.</em> 18: 1-82. [details] Available for editors
redescription
Benson, R.H. (1972). The <i>Bradleya</i> Problem, with descriptions of two new psychrospheric ostracode genera, <i>Agrenocythere</i> and <i>Poseidonamicus</i> (Ostracoda: Crustacea). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology.</em> (12), 1-138., available online at http://si-pddr.si.edu/jspui/handle/10088/1879 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Lectotype The lectotype of Bradleya arata is a juvenile and lacks morphologcial characters typical of the genus Bradleya, as can be seen in the SEM attached to this species. This is a very unfortunate situation, since this species is the type species of the genus. [details]
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