In a taxonomic study of the Ostracoda from two localities in northern Port PhiIlip Bay, Victoria, 32 new species are proposed. These are:
Cytherelloidea keiji,
Paracypris bradyi,
Australoecia victoriensis,
Loxocythere hornibrooki,
Australocyrheridea vandenboldi,
Copytus rara,
Parakrithella australis,
Cytherura taylori,
Semicytherura tenuireticulata,
S. angusta,
S. paenenuda,
Hemicytherura seaholmensis,
Microcytherura australis,
M. gawemuelleri,
M. triebeli,
Callistocythere puri,
C. hartmanni,
C. insolita,
'Hemicytheridea' portjacksonensis,
Loxoconcha trita,
L. gilli,
Loxoconchella pulchra,
Paradoxostoma romei,
P. commune,
P. trapezoideum,
Cytherois dissimilis,
C. bonaducei,
Paracytherois portphillipensis,
Microcythere macphersoni,
Cletocythereis curta,
Xestoleberis briggsi, and
Doratocythcre foveata. In addition, the genera
Australoecia (type species
Australoecia victoriensis),
Australocytheridea (type species
Australocytheidea(sic)
vandenboldi),
Ponticocythereis (type species
Ponticocythereis militaris (Brady), 1866) and
Doratocythere (type species
Doratocythere foveata) are described as new. The study closes with a brief comment on the distinctive features of each faunule.