Newnhamia

Newnhamia is a genus of ostracods. It contains five species, four of which are endemic to Australia and surrounding islands (including New Zealand and New Caledonia), while a fifth was described in 2003 from Kerala, India.[2] Two species from South America, described as species of Newnhamia, do not appear to be closely related to the remaining species, and probably belong in a different genus.[2] N. fuscata and N. insolita are both listed as vulnerable species on the IUCN Red List.[3][4]

  • Newnhamia dumonti George & Martens, 2003
  • Newnhamia fenestrata King, 1855
  • Newnhamia fuscata (Brady, 1886)
  • Newnhamia insolita De Deckker, 1979
  • Newnhamia petiola De Deckker, 1979

Newnhamia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Ostracoda
Order:
Podocopida
Family:
Notodromadidae
Genus:
Newnhamia

King, 1855
Type species
Newnhamia fenestrata King, 1855 [1]

References
  1. "Genus Newnhamia King, 1855". Australian Faunal Directory. Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. 9 October 2008.
  2. Sunny George & Koen Martens (2003). "On a new species of the genus Newnhamia King, 1855 (Crustacea, Ostracoda) raised from Chalakkudy River sand, (Kerala, India), with notes on the taxonomy and distribution of the Notodromadidae". Hydrobiologia. 497 (1–3): 25–37. doi:10.1023/A:1025453302991.
  3. Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group (1996). "Newnhamia fuscata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T14753A4460119. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T14753A4460119.en.
  4. Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group (1996). "Newnhamia insolita". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T14754A4460167. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T14754A4460167.en.


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