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Euphilomedes sinuter sinister Kornicker, 1974

Philomedes longicornis.—Norman, 1861:280 [part] [not Liljeborg, 1853:176].

Philomedes interpuncta.—Brady, 1868:463. pl. 33: figs. 10–13, pl. 41: fig. 3; 1871:293, pl. 26: figs. 1–5; 1872:60, pl. 1: fig. 5—.Müller, 1894:210, pl. 3: figs. 5–14, 16, 19, 20, 23–28, 32, 37–44.—Brady and Norman, 1896:656, pl. 56: figs. 6–10, pl. 57.—Fage, 1934:249, figs. 1–2.—Caraion, 1959:266, fig. 1. [Not Baird, 1850:257.]

Euphilomedes sinister Kornicker, 1974:17, figs. 6, 7.

HOLOTYPE.—A female without eggs, Zoological Station of Naples, length 1.24 mm.

TYPE-LOCALITY.—Benta Palumma, station B27, 90 m, Gulf of Naples, Italy.

MATERIAL.—USNM 151189a,b, 2 adult females collected at a depth of 5.5 m in June 1974 in Plymouth Sound, England, by Dr. Eric Robinson. These were examined for comparative purposes.

SUPPLEMENTARY DESCRIPTION OF ADULT FEMALE.—Carapace larger than the holotype: USNM 151189a, length 1.37 mm, height 0.93 mm; USNM 151189b (dry measurement), length 1.45 mm, height 0.95 mm.

Endopodite of 2nd Antenna: Same as that described by Kornicker (1974:19; fig. 6I).
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Kornicker, Louis S. and Caraion, F. E. 1977. "West African Myodocopid Ostracoda (Cypridinidae, Philomedidae)." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-100. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.241