Candona detecta (O. F. Muller 1776) Baird 1845
- Dataset
- A subjective global checklist of the extant non-marine Ostracoda (Crustacea)
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Ostracoda
- order
- Podocopida
- family
- Candonidae
- genus
- Candona
- species
- Candona detecta
discussion
The original description of this species is very poor and lacks illustrations. In his redescription of the species, the same author (O. F. Müller 1785) mentions and illustrates a uropodal ramus with a posterior seta. Daday (1900) considered C. detecta to be identical to Candonopsis kingsleii (Brady & Robertson, 1870). However, the presence of a posterior uropodal seta precludes this species belonging to the genus Candonopsis Vávra, 1891 (fide Karanovic & Marmonier 2002). G. W. Müller (1912) considered Candona detecta to be identical to Candona protzi Hartwig, 1898, now Fabaeformiscandona protzi (Hartwig, 1898). Sars (1925) pointed out that C. detecta may be a juvenile of Candona caudata Kaufmann, 1900, now Fabaeformiscandona caudata (Kaufmann, 1900). The inclusion of C. detecta in the genus Fabaeformiscandona Krstić, 1972 appears sound to us and we therefore propose the formal transfer of the species into that genus: Fabaeformiscandona detecta (O. F. Müller, 1776) comb. nov. Being an uncertain species, because it is presently unrecognizable, F. detecta is listed as such.