ON SCLEROCYPRIS PARDII N. SP. (CRUSTACEA OSTRACODA) FROM SOMALIA

Abstract

SUMMARY Sclerocypris pardii n. sp. (Crustacea Ostracoda) is described from Somalia. Eucypris rothschildi Daday, 1910 is transferred to Sclerocypris, while Eucypris senatomarginata Kiss, 1960 is considered a juvenile of Sclerocypris multiformis (Kiss, 1960) and is placed in synonymy with the latter species. Sclerocypris sarsi nom. nov. is a new name for S. tuberculata (Sars, 1924) nec (Methuen, 1910). The known African species of Sclerocypris are listed and S. pardii is compared to all of them. A bladder-like organ on the dorsal side of the head, between the antennula and the antenna, is named the Muller-organ.