Three species (two new) of myodocopid Ostracoda are reported from Tutuila, American Samoa: Paravargula trifax Kornicker, 1991; Cypridina mellentini Kornicker & Harrison-Nelson, n. sp.; and Asteropterygion samoa Kornicker & Harrison-Nelson, n. sp. Only C. mellentini was abundant. The genus Asteropterygion is reported for the first time from a southwestern central Pacific island. Paravargula trifax had been reported previously from Enewetak.
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1 April 2006
Ostracoda (Myodocopina) of Tutuila, American Samoa
Louis S. Kornicker,
Elizabeth Harrison-Nelson
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Pacific Science
Vol. 60 • No. 2
April 2006
Vol. 60 • No. 2
April 2006