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Leiofusa asymmetrica
Original description: [Cookson and Eisenack, 1982] (translated from German):
Leiofusa asymmetrica n. sp.
Plate 7, Figs. 16-18
Type: The specimen shown on Plate 7, Fig. 17, preserved in specimen Cape Range 75.
Diagnosis: A small Leiofusa species with an oval midbody and two polar, fairly distinct, short, not entirely equal-length processes. Shell and processes thin-walled and smooth.
Materials and dimensions: 3 specimens. Type: Midbody approx. 20 x 17 μ, total approx. 38 μ. The other two specimens approx. 24 x 17 μ and 30 x 17 μ, respectively approx. 38 and 60 μ.
Occurrence: All 3 in the Cape Range.
Leiofusa asymmetrica n. sp.
Plate 7, Figs. 16-18
Type: The specimen shown on Plate 7, Fig. 17, preserved in specimen Cape Range 75.
Diagnosis: A small Leiofusa species with an oval midbody and two polar, fairly distinct, short, not entirely equal-length processes. Shell and processes thin-walled and smooth.
Materials and dimensions: 3 specimens. Type: Midbody approx. 20 x 17 μ, total approx. 38 μ. The other two specimens approx. 24 x 17 μ and 30 x 17 μ, respectively approx. 38 and 60 μ.
Occurrence: All 3 in the Cape Range.