Taxonomy and ecology of <i>Cornucoquimba ramosae</i> sp. nov. (Ostracoda, Crustacea) on the Brazilian Equatorial shelf

Coimbra, J. C.; Do Carmo, D. A.

doi:https://doi.org/10.1144/jm.21.1.23

Articles | Volume 21, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.1144/jm.21.1.23

© Author(s) 2002. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.1144/jm.21.1.23

© Author(s) 2002. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 21, issue 1

01 May 2002

| 01 May 2002

Taxonomy and ecology of Cornucoquimba ramosae sp. nov. (Ostracoda, Crustacea) on the Brazilian Equatorial shelf

J. C. Coimbra and D. A. Do Carmo

Abstract. Three species of Cornucoquimba Ohmert, 1968 are known from the Brazilian shelf: C. decorata, and C. nana in the north and northeast, and C. conulata in the south. An analysis of 339 samples collected between the international boundary at the Oiapoque river (Amapá State) and Cape São Roque (Rio Grande do Norte State), a distance of almost 1400 km, has discovered a new species of this genus, C. ramosae sp. nov. It is restricted to the equatorial shelf and prefers biodetrital sand, from 15 to 67 m water depth.