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Kontrovitz, M. (1976). Ostracoda from the Louisiana continental shelf. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology. 12(2):49-100.
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Kontrovitz, M.
1976
Ostracoda from the Louisiana continental shelf
Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology
12(2):49-100
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There have been no published comprehensive studies of the Ostracoda of the Louisiana Continental Shelf west of the Mississippi River Delta. This paper presents a study of that area and includes taxonomic and environmental data. Ostracode specimens were taken from 123 bottom samples of Holocene age, collected on the continental shelf and slope. Five distinct ostracode assemblages are recognized and related to water depth and sediment grain size. Several individual species are also recognized as useful indicators of water depth. Water depth and salinity ranges of several species are extended in relation to previous reports. Sixty species are identified, with nine species and two subspecies considered new. The following new taxa are described: Actinocythereis vandenboldi, Basslerites vokesi, Cytherella vermilionensis, Cytheropteron morgani, Cytheropteron tumulosimilis, Loxoconcha moralesi, Luvula gigartonoides, Macrocyprina skinneri, Puriana krutaki, Protocytheretta montezuma louisianensis, and Munseyella bermudezi louisianensis.
Gulf of Mexico
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Actinocythereis vandenboldi Kontrovitz, 1976 (original description)
Basslerites vokesi Kontrovitz, 1976 (original description)
Cytherella vermilionensis Kontrovitz, 1976 (original description)
Cytheretta louisianensis (Kontrovitz, 1976) accepted as Protocytheretta louisianensis (Kontrovitz, 1976) (original description)
Cytheropteron morgani Kontrovitz, 1976 (original description)
Cytheropteron tumulosimile Kontrovitz, 1976 (original description)
Loxoconcha moralesi Kontrovitz, 1976 (original description)
Luvula gigartonoides Kontrovitz, 1976 (original description)
Macrocyprina okinneri Kontrovitz, 1976 (original description)
Macrocyprina skinneri Kontrovitz, 1976 (original description)
Neocytherideis cylindrica (Brady, 1868) (new combination reference)
Protocytheretta louisianensis (Kontrovitz, 1976) (original description)
Protocytheretta louisianensisi (Kontrovitz, 1976) accepted as Protocytheretta louisianensis (Kontrovitz, 1976) (original description)
Puriana krutaki Kontrovitz, 1976 accepted as Puriana gatunensis (Coryell & Fields, 1937) (original description)
Basslerites vokesi Kontrovitz, 1976 (original description)
Cytherella vermilionensis Kontrovitz, 1976 (original description)
Cytheretta louisianensis (Kontrovitz, 1976) accepted as Protocytheretta louisianensis (Kontrovitz, 1976) (original description)
Cytheropteron morgani Kontrovitz, 1976 (original description)
Cytheropteron tumulosimile Kontrovitz, 1976 (original description)
Loxoconcha moralesi Kontrovitz, 1976 (original description)
Luvula gigartonoides Kontrovitz, 1976 (original description)
Macrocyprina okinneri Kontrovitz, 1976 (original description)
Macrocyprina skinneri Kontrovitz, 1976 (original description)
Neocytherideis cylindrica (Brady, 1868) (new combination reference)
Protocytheretta louisianensis (Kontrovitz, 1976) (original description)
Protocytheretta louisianensisi (Kontrovitz, 1976) accepted as Protocytheretta louisianensis (Kontrovitz, 1976) (original description)
Puriana krutaki Kontrovitz, 1976 accepted as Puriana gatunensis (Coryell & Fields, 1937) (original description)
Louisiana for Macrocyprina skinneri Kontrovitz, 1976
Holotype LSUMZ HVH 9437, geounit Louisiana, identified as Macrocyprina skinneri Kontrovitz, 1976
