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Lithocypris peyia Martens, Almeida, Páll-Gergely & Higuti, 2023

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Species
Lithocypris Martens, Almeida, Páll-Gergely & Higuti, 2023
peyia
Martens, Almeida, Páll-Gergely & Higuti
Martens, Koen, Nadiny M. De Almeida, Barna Páll-Gergely & Janet Higuti. 2023 On a new tribe, genus and species of Cypricercinae McKenzie, 1971 (Crustacea, Ostracoda, Cyprididae) from New Caledonia (Pacific Ocean). Zootaxa 5375(4): 451-477.
Holotype: MNHN-IU-2022-1575; Allotype: MNHN-IU-2022-1576
NEW CALEDONIA • South Province, area of Tribu du Peyia, Grande Terre (coordinates: 21° 37.601'S,165° 36.366'E). Found in lithotelmata situated in an outcrop of massive karstic limestone rock (Fig. 2). Leg. Barna Páll-Gergely and Rocky Whaap, collected on 12 April 2022, sample HYNC2569. The rockpool has a surface of c 1 m2, was at that stage c 20 cm deep with clear water and with sediment of many amassed leaves. The ostracods were densely covering edges of fallen leaves in the water.
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