Ostracod Research at the Lake Biwa Museum, Japan

Robin James Smith

Genus Microloxoconcha Hartmann, 1954

Superfamily: Cytheroidea Baird, 1845
Family: Family Cytheromatidae Elofson, 1939

One non-marine species has been reported from Japan (there are other marine species in Japan):

1. Microloxoconcha semicircularis Smith & Chang, 2022

External view of a male left valve of Microloxoconcha semicircularis, length 305 microns.

Additional figures in: Smith & Chang 2022.
Habitat: In the tidal stretch of a river.
Mode of life: Benthic and interstitial.
Reproductive mode: Sexual.
Known distribution: Nagasaki Prefecture (Smith & Chang 2022).
References:
⚬ Smith, R. J. & Chang, C. Y. 2022. Two new species of non-marine Ostracoda (Crustacea) of the genera Vestalenula Rossetti & Martens, 1998 (Darwinuloidea) and Microloxoconcha Hartmann, 1954 (Cytheroidea) from Tsushima, Japan, and a summary of the non-marine ostracod fauna of the island. Zootaxa, 5150 (4), 529-555.