| Bennelongia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Ostracoda |
| Order: | Podocopida |
| Family: | Cyprididae |
| Subfamily: | Cypridinae |
| Genus: | Bennelongia De Deckker & McKenzie, 1981 |
Bennelongia is a genus of ostracod crustaceans in the family Cyprididae. It is probably endemic to Australia and New Zealand,[1] and is predicted to be highly diverse. The genus was described in 1981 and named after Woollarawarre Bennelong, the first aboriginal to have a long association with the early European settlers of Australia.[2] Prior to 2012, six species were described in Australia. There are currently 15 species of Bennelongia.[1][3] Bennelongia may be the last true descendant genus of the Mesozoic (and now extinct) lineage of Cypridea, which was a dominant lineage of ostracod in non-marine waters in the Cretaceous.[4]
- ^ a b Koen Martens, Stuart Halse & Isa Schön (2012). "Nine new species of Bennelongia De Deckker & McKenzie, 1981 (Crustacea, Ostracoda) from Western Australia, with the description of a new subfamily". European Journal of Taxonomy. 8: 1–56.
- ^ Patrick de Deckker & Kenneth G. McKenzie (1981). "Bennelongia, A new Cyprididid Ostracod Genus from Australasia" (PDF). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 105 (part 2): 53–56.
- ^ Rylan Shearn; Annette Koenders; Stuart Halse; Isa Schön; Koen Martens (2012). "A review of Bennelongia De Deckker & McKenzie, 1981 (Crustacea, Ostracoda) species from eastern Australia with the description of three new species". European Journal of Taxonomy. 25: 1–35.
- ^ Koen Martens; Isa Schön; Claude Meisch; David J. Horne (2008). "Freshwater Animal Diversity Assessment". Hydrobiologia. Developments in Hydrobiology. 198. Springer: 185–193. doi:10.1007/s10750-007-9245-4. ISBN 978-1-4020-8258-0.