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Genus PARACANDONA Hartwig. 



Paracandona Hartwig, Zool. Anzeiger, XXII, 1899, p. 309. Type Candona 

 euplectella Brady and Norman, monotypic. 



Terminal claws of second antennae very long, and penultimate 

 segment at least as long as united second and third segments. 

 Terminal segment of mandibular palp with two very strong 

 claws, of which one united by fusion to segment. Second feet 

 with an extra long seta on each of third and fourth segments. 

 Appendages otherwise as in Candona, but small and slender. 

 Shell tumid, reticulate pitted, as a honey-comb. Branchial plate 

 of two setse. Second antennae of both sexes five-segmented. 

 Simiall beautiful forms, not more than 0.8 mm. long. 



Paracandona euplectella (Brady and Norman). 

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Candona euplectella Robertson, Fresh and Brackish Water Ostracoda of 



Clydesdale, etc., 1880, p. 23 (no description). 

 (Robertson) Brady and Norman, Trans. Roy. Dublin Soc, (2) IV, 



1889, p. IDS, PI. 9, figs. 7-8. Isle of Bute, Little Cunibrce, Lochmahen, 



Black Loch, Port Glasgow. 

 Paracandona euplectella Sharpe, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXXV, 1909, p. 402, 



PI. 52, figs. 1-5. Small branch of the Elizabeth River, northwest of 



Roselle Park, New Jersey. 



Description. — Shell as seen laterally, about twice as long as 

 high, dorsal margin nearly straight, ventral margin weakly sin- 

 uate, nearly same width throughout, and both extremities evenly 

 and very similarly rounded. Shell, as seen from above, appears 

 very plump, and widest just posterior to middle. Anterior end 

 rather more pointed than posterior, and both quite gently 

 rounded. Both shells similar in appearance and size. Shell cov- 

 ered with profuse ornamentation of polygonal areas or reticula- 

 tions, causing net-like appearance, and also with number of con- 

 spicuous papillar elevations, which show more thickly and con- 

 spicuously anteriorly when seen in profile from above. Terminal 

 claws of second antennae plain and unusually long, larger than 

 last three segments. Tenninal segment of mandibular palp with 



