Type species: Trapezicandona taurica (Schornikov, 1969)


Other species and subspecies: Trapezicandona botosaneanui (Danielopol, 1982), T.chappuisi (Klie, 1943), T.coineauae (Rogulj & Danielopol, 1993), T. cottarellii (Danielopol, 1981), T. elegans (Danielopol, 1979), T. hvarensis (Danielopol, 1969), T. italica n. sp., T.juberthiae (Danielopol, 1977), T. laisi (Klie, 1938), T. l. vindobonensis (Loffler, 1963), T. latingerae (Rogulj & Danielopol, 1993), T. loffleri (Danielopol, 1978), T. ljovuschkini (Rudjakov, 1963), T. pietrosani (Danielopol, 1979), T. peliaca (Schafer, 1945), T. pseudocrenulata (Schafer, 1945), T. riongessa (Bronstein, 1947), T. spandii (Rogulj & Danielopol, 1993), T.stammeri (Klie, 1938), T. tabacarui (Danielopol, 1979), T. taurica (Schornikov, 1969), T. transleithanica ( Loffler, 1960). All above mentioned species (including one subspecies) except the new one are new combinations (Karanovic & Pesce, in press).



  • Trapezicandona botosaneanui (Danielopol, 1892) [Romania]
  • Trapezicandona chappuisi (Klie, 1943) [Romania]
  • Trapezicandona coineauae (Rogulj & Danielopol, 1993) [France]
  • Trapezicandona cottarellii (Danielopol, 1981) [Italy, Sardinia]
  • Trapezicandona elegans (Danielopol, 1979) [Bulgaria]
  • Trapezicandona hvarensis (Danielopol, 1969) [Croatia]
  • Trapezicandona italica Karanovic & Pesce (in press) [Italy]
  • Trapezicandona juberthiae (Danielopol, 1977) [France]
  • Trapezicandona laisi laisi (Klie, 1938) [Germany, Austria]
  • Trapezicandona laisi vindobonensis (Loffler, 1963) [Austria]
  • Trapezicandona latingerae (Rogulj & Danielopol, 1993) [Croatia]
  • Trapezicandona loffleri (Danielopol, 1978) [Romania]
  • Trapezicandona ljovuschkini (Rudjakov, 1963) [Transcaucasia]
  • Trapezicandona pietrosani (Danielopol, 1979) [ Romania]
  • Trapezicandona peliaca (Schafer, 1945) [Greece]
  • Trapezicandona pseudocrenulata (Schafer, 1945) [Greece]
  • Trapezicandona riongessa (Bronstein, 1947) [Caucaso]
  • Trapezicandona spandli (Rogulj & Danielopol, 1993) [Austria]
  • Trapezicandona stammeri (Klie, 1938) [Italy]
  • Trapezicandona tabacarui (Danielopol, 1979) [Romania]
  • Trapezicandona taurica (Schornikov, 1969) [Crimea]
  • Trapezicandona transleithanica (Loffler, 1960) [Austria]
  • Trapezicandona sp. (gr. chappuisi) [Italy, Sardinia]





    The genus Pseudocypridopsis, originally described by Karanovic (1999) from spring waters of Montenegro, presently includes two stygobitic species:


  • Pseudocypridopsis clathrata Karanovic, 1999 [Montenegro; spring waters]
  • Pseudocypridopsis petkovskii Karanovic, 2000 [Montenegro; cave waters]





    LITERATURE


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    DANIELOPOL, D. L. 1978. Uber Henkurft und Morphologie der Susswasser-hypogaischen Candoninae (Crustacea, Ostracoda). Sitz. Ber. Oesterr. Akad. Wiss. Math. Kl., 187 (1-5): 1-162.

    DANIELOPOL, D. L. 1981. Mixtacandona cottarellii n. sp. un ostracode interstitiel de Sardaigne. Boll. Mus. Civ. St. Nat. Verona, 8: 419-425.

    DANIELOPOL, D. L. 1982. Three groundwater Candoninae (Ostracoda) from Romania. Int. J. Speleol., 12: 83-102.

    DANIELOPOL, D. L. & LJ. CVETKOV. 1979. Trois nouvelles especes du genre Mixtacandona (Ostracoda, Cyprididae, Candoninae). Hydrbiol., 67 (3): 249-266.

    DANIELOPOL, D. L. & G. HARTMANN. 1984. Ostracoda. In: Botosaneanu, L. (Ed.), Stygofauna Mundi: 259-294.

    KARANOVIC, I & G. L. PESCE. (in press). Trapezicandona italica n. sp. (Crustacea, Ostracoda) from the freshwater of Southern Italy. Fragm. Entomol.

    KEMPF, E. K. 1980. Index and bibliography of nonmarine ostracoda.1, Index A. Geologisch. Inst. der Universit. zu Koeln Sonderueroeffentlich., 35: 1-188.

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    KLIE, W. 1943. Ostracoden aus dem Grunwasser der Umgebung von Kolozsvar. Fragm. Faunist. Hungarica, 6 (2): 35-41.

    LOFFLER, H. & D. DANIELOPOL. 1978. Ostracoda. In: Illies, J. (Ed.), Limnofauna Europea: 196-208, G. Fischer Verlag, Sttutgart.

    MARTENS, K. 1998. General morphology of non-marine ostracods. In: Martens, K. (Ed.), Sex and parthenogenesis: evolutionary ecology of reproductive modes in non-marine ostracods: 57-75, Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands.

    MEISCH, C. 1996. Contribution to the taxonomy of Pseudocandona and four related genera, with the description of Schellencandona nov. gen., a list of the Candoninae genera, and a key to the European genera of the subfamily (Crustacea, Ostracoda). Bull. Soc. Nat. luxemb., 97: 211-237.

    ROGULJ, B. & D. L. DANIELOPOL. 1993. Three new Mixtacandona (Ostracoda) species from Croatia, Austria and France. Vie Milieu, 43 (2-3): 145-154.

    SCHORNIKOV, E. I. 1969. A new subgenus of Ostracods of the genus Candona from underground waters in Crimea. Zool. Zchurn., 48 (6): 927-929.

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