Loxoconcha Sars 1866
Creators: name: Karanovic, Hyunsu Yoo and Ivana
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Ostracoda
Podocopida
Loxoconchidae
Loxoconcha

description: Key to East Asian Loxoconcha and Loxocorniculum species with described soft parts
(Modified after Okubo, 1980)
1. Valves reticulated ··················································· 2
- Valves pitted ························································· 12
2. Greatest height situated behind the middle ············ 3
- Greatest height situated medially or in front of the middle ····································································· 5
3. Distal lobe of the hemipenis in the shape of an equilateral triangle ····································· L. lilljeborgii
- Distal lobe of the hemipenis not in the shape of equilateral triangle, but with elongated ventral margin ··· ··············································································· 4
4. Tip of the distal lobe filamentous ···· L. shanhaiensis
- Tip of the distal lobe pointed ·················· L. japonica
5. Valve with ventral wing­like ridge ventrally ············· ··························································· L. harimensis
- Valve without ventral wing­like ridge ventrally ····· 6
6. Dorsal margin of the valves almost straight in lateral view, especially in males ········································ 7
- Dorsal margin rather sinusoid ·············· L. bizenensis
7. In males height to length ration of the shell does not exceed 50% ···························································· 8
- In males height to length ratio of the shell over 60% ······························································ L. tosaensis
8. Terminal segment of mandibular palp with four setae/ claws ······································································· 9
- Terminal segment of mandibular palp with 5 setae (one small and plumose, 4 longer and simple) ·················· ································································· L. kosugii
9. Terminal segment of mandibular palp with four simple setae ································································ 10
- Terminal segment of mandibular palp with two claws and 2 setae ···································· L. uranouchiensis
10. Tip of the distal lobe of hemipenis rounded ········· 11
- Tip of the distal lobe ending with thin, elongated, finger­like projection ····························· L. sesokoensis
11. Third thoracopod much larger and longer than first and second thoracopod ····························· L. santosi
- Third thoracopod not much larger and longer than first and second thoracopod ····················· L. noharai
12. Valve without lateral ridges ······················ L. pulchra
- Valves with three posterior and two anterior ridges ·· ····································· Loxocorniculum mutsuense
description: Published as part of Karanovic, Hyunsu Yoo and Ivana, 2019, Six species of the ostracod families Loxoconchidae and Cushmanideidae from South Korea, pp. 116-127 in Journal of Species Research 8 (1) on pages 123-124, DOI: 10.12651/JSR.2019.8.1.116, http://zenodo.org/record/8120441