Angel, M. V.; Iliffe, T. M. (1987). Spelaeoecia bermudensis new genus, new species, a halocyprid ostracod from marine caves in Bermuda. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 7(3): 541-553
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Angel, M. V.; Iliffe, T. M.
1987
Spelaeoecia bermudensis new genus, new species, a halocyprid ostracod from marine caves in Bermuda
Specimens of a new halocyprid belonging to the recently erected primitive subfamily Deeveyinae (Kornicker and Iliffe, 1985) have been at depths of 0-20 m in eight anchialine caves on Bermuda. The specimens, while showing some close similarities to Deeveya spiralis Kornicker and Iliffe, 1985, are sufficiently distinct to be ascribed to a new genus. While Deeveya has a carapace morphology typical of benthic forms, the carapace of Spelaeoecia is very similar to that of oceanic planktonic halocyprids and so may be close to their ancestral type