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 > Boroecia antipoda > Notes Boroecia antipoda Drawings   Maps Download species PDF Boroecia antipoda (Müller, G.W., 1906) Records: 280 This one of the most abundant and consistently caught species in the Southern Ocean. It is predominantly a deep mesopelagic to bathypelagic species. Poulsen (1973) also recorded this species in Dana samples from tropical latitudes in the Indonesian Seas and in the Gulf of Panama. However, we have re-examined this material and found that it is not con-specific with typical B. antipoda, and will be described as a new species. Hence this species appears to be endemic to the Southern Ocean, but spreads northwards towards the Equator in the deep flows of Antarctic water, and is likely to be a good indicator of such water.   n Mean mm s.d. Range mm Females 439 3.19 0.065 3.00-3.36 Males 270 2.94 0.054 2.80-3.08 A-1 134 2.18 0.067 2.00-2.36 A-2 131 1.44 0.030 1.38-1.50 A-3 29 0.97 0.030 0.90-1.02