RAS taxon details
Myrena Neale, 1967
391288 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:391288)
accepted
Genus
Loxoconcha (Myrena) Neale, 1967 · unaccepted > superseded rank (accepted at genus level)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Neale, J. W. (1967). An Ostracod fauna from Halley Bay, Coast Land, British Antarctic territory. <em>British Antarctic Survey Scientific Reports.</em> 58: 1-50., available online at https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/509251 [details] Available for editors 
Brandão, S. N.; Antonietto, L. S.; Carvalho, A. B. G. D.; Pereira, J. S.; Pereira, S. G. G.; Praxedes, R. A.; Sá, H. A. B.; Sabater, L. M. (2025). World Ostracoda Database. Myrena Neale, 1967. Accessed through: RAS (Eds.) (2025) Register of Antarctic Species at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=391288 on 2026-09-22
RAS (Eds.) (2026). Register of Antarctic Species. Myrena Neale, 1967. Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=391288 on 2026-09-22
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Neale, J. W. (1967). An Ostracod fauna from Halley Bay, Coast Land, British Antarctic territory. <em>British Antarctic Survey Scientific Reports.</em> 58: 1-50., available online at https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/509251 [details] Available for editors
taxonomy source Athersuch, J.; Horne, D. J. (1984). A review of some European genera of the family Loxoconchidae (Crustacea: Ostracoda). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 81: 1-22., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1984.tb02557.x
note: Herein we follow Athersuch & Horne (1984) in considering both poorly known genera (,i> Kuiperiana and Myrena as valid, until their morphologies are investigated in detail. [details]
basis of record Hartmann, G. (1997). Antarktische und subantarktische Podocopa (Ostracoda). Synopses of the Antarctic Benthos. <em>Koeltz Scientific Books, Koenigstein.</em> 355. [details]
taxonomy source Athersuch, J.; Horne, D. J. (1984). A review of some European genera of the family Loxoconchidae (Crustacea: Ostracoda). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 81: 1-22., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1984.tb02557.x
note: Herein we follow Athersuch & Horne (1984) in considering both poorly known genera (,i> Kuiperiana and Myrena as valid, until their morphologies are investigated in detail. [details]
basis of record Hartmann, G. (1997). Antarktische und subantarktische Podocopa (Ostracoda). Synopses of the Antarctic Benthos. <em>Koeltz Scientific Books, Koenigstein.</em> 355. [details]
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