Chlamydotheca barbadensis Sharpe 1910
Creators: name: Scott-Frías, Joxmer
name: González, Ernesto
name: Pardo, María José
name: Torres, Rubén
name: Higuti, Janet
name: Cohuo, Sergio
name: López, Carlos
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Ostracoda
Podocopida
Cyprididae
Chlamydotheca
Chlamydotheca barbadensis

description: Chlamydotheca barbadensis Sharpe 1910
Chlamydotheca hummelincki, C. hummelincki hummelincki and C. hummelincki dispar — Triebel 1961: 63–69, table 10 fig. 26–31, table 11 fig. 32–35, table 12 fig. 36–42, table 13 fig. 44–50, table 14 fig. 51–57, table 15 fig. 60a–c; Chlamydotheca barbadensis dispar — Broodbakker 1984a: 30, table I; C. hummelincki hummelincki — Broodbakker 1984b: 17.
Synonyms: Chlamydotheca hummelincki nordestina Kotzian 1974; Chlamydotheca hummelincki nicoi Martens & Behen 1994 (see Meisch et al. 2019).
Type locality: small pond on Government Hill, Barbados (GN; Saint Michael, Bridgetown, 13º06’26” N, 59º37’13” W). Holotype — USNM, 40524.
In Venezuela: at the following localities according to Triebel (1961) and Broodbakker (1984a, b): SUCRE State —WH 1936/4, WH 1936/5, stagnant, dry for several months, dug and dammed pond, Estanque de Manglillo, Chacopata, Araya Peninsula (GN 10º40’37” N, 63º49’05” W). NUEVA ESPARTA State —WH 1936/10, stagnant, probably dry for a few months, natural, deepened, Poza de la Laguna Dulce, Macanao Peninsula, Margarita Island (GN 10º58’42” N, 64º23’54” W); WH 1936/13, stagnant, permanent, dug and dammed pond, Estanque Lato, west of Boca de Rio, Macanao Peninsula, Margarita Island (GN 10º58’03” N, 64º10’50” W); WH 1936/18, stagnant, probably permanent, natural lagoon, Laguna Honda, southeast of Juan Griego, Margarita Island (GN 11º04’54” N, 63º57’56” W). LOS TESTIGOS Archipelago—WH 1936/30 (emend., see remarks), stagnant, probably sometimes dry, dug and dammed pond, Poza del Morro de la Iguana, Iguana Island (GN 11º21’32” N, 63º08’03” W). LA BLANQUILLA Island—WH 1936/35, stagnant, permanent, dug pond, Pozo del “Falucho” (emend., not “Valucho”) (GN 11º50’57” N, 64º36’06” W); WH 1936/38, stagnant, permanent, dammed pond, Pozo de Aguada, north of “El Yaque” (emend., not “El Jaque”) (GN 11º50’57” N, 64º36’06” W). FALCÓN State —S 1978/320, well, c. 100 m southeast of Buena Vista, Paraguana Peninsula (11º53’05” N, 69º55’56” W).
Remarks: geographical distribution includes Aruba, Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda, St. Eustatius, St. Martin, and Venezuela (Broodbakker 1984a). Broodbakker (1984b) notes the species (≡ C. hummelincki hummelincki) as an accompanying fauna of Diaphanocypris meridana, Heterocypris margaritae, Keysercypria affinis, Potamocypris hummelincki, and Rudjakoviella prolongata. From the information in Hummelinck (1940), it is assumed that sample WH 1936/30 was collected at Iguana Island, Los Testigos Archipelago (Venezuela).
description: Published as part of Scott-Frías, Joxmer, González, Ernesto, Pardo, María José, Torres, Rubén, Higuti, Janet, Cohuo, Sergio & López, Carlos, 2023, An updated checklist of recent non-marine Ostracoda (Crustacea) from Venezuela, pp. 485-512 in Zootaxa 5369 (4) on page 490, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5369.4.2, http://zenodo.org/record/10144821