Home Introduction What is an ostracod? World species list Southern Ocean list About the authors Bibliography Acknowledgements Links Last updated 14 March 2008 Southern Ocean list > Loricoecia loricata > Notes Loricoecia loricata Drawings   Maps Download species PDF Loricoecia loricata (Claus, 1894) Records: 184 This is a species that is often a dominant in halocyprid population at mesopelagic depths, particularly at temperate latitudes. In the Southern Ocean all records are from north of the Subantarctic Front. Like so many halocyprid species a small subspecies has occasionally been reported, but we have been unable to discriminate between the records of the normally sized and small forms. NE Atlantic n Mean mm s.d. Range mm Female 220 1.93 0.077 1.76-2.12 Male 212 1.78 0.055 1.66-1.90 A-1 910 1.40 0.041 1.28-1.52 A-2 1270 0.98 0.034 0.82-1.08 A-3 932 0.71 0.031 0.60-0.80