''Bennelongia'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

ostracod Ostracods, or ostracodes, are a class of the Crustacea (class Ostracoda), sometimes known as seed shrimp. Some 70,000 species (only 13,000 of which are extant) have been identified, grouped into several orders. They are small crustaceans, typic ...

crustacean Crustaceans (Crustacea, ) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such animals as decapods, seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods, amphipods and mantis shrimp. The crustacean group ...

s in the family

Cyprididae Cyprididae is "the most diverse group of freshwater ostracods". It contains over 1000 species, which represents 50% of the known species of fresh water, freshwater ostracods (other speciose families include Candonidae, with 25%, and Limnocytheri ...

. It is probably

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

to Australia and New Zealand, and is predicted to be highly diverse. The genus was described in 1981 and named after Woollarawarre

Bennelong Woollarawarre Bennelong ( 1764 – 3 January 1813), also spelt Baneelon, was a senior man of the Eora, an Aboriginal Australian people of the Port Jackson area, at the time of the first British settlement in Australia in 1788. Bennelong serv ...

, the first aboriginal to have a long association with the early European settlers of Australia. Prior to 2012, six species were described in

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

. There are currently 15 species of ''Bennelongia''. ''Bennelongia'' may be the last true descendent genus of the

Mesozoic The Mesozoic Era ( ), also called the Age of Reptiles, the Age of Conifers, and colloquially as the Age of the Dinosaurs is the second-to-last era of Earth's geological history, lasting from about , comprising the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceo ...

(and now extinct) lineage of '' Cypridea'', which was a dominant lineage of

in non-marine waters in the

Cretaceous The Cretaceous ( ) is a geological period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago (Mya). It is the third and final period of the Mesozoic Era, as well as the longest. At around 79 million years, it is the longest geological period of th ...

*'' Bennelongia cuensis'' Martens ''et al.'', 2012 – Western Australia, Yilgarn *'' Bennelongia cygnus'' Martens ''et al.'', 2012 – Western Australia, Swan Valley *'' Bennelongia frumenta'' Martens ''et al.'', 2012 – Western Australia, Wheatbelt *'' Bennelongia gwelupensis'' Martens ''et al.'', 2012 – Western Australia,

Perth Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...

, southwest coast *'' Bennelongia harpago'' De Deckker & McKenzie, 1981 –

Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_ ...

(

type species In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen ...

) *'' Bennelongia kimberleyensis'' Martens ''et al.'', 2012 – Western Australia, Kimberley *'' Bennelongia lata'' Martens ''et al.'', 2012 – Western Australia,

– Murchison region *''

Bennelongia nimala ''Bennelongia'' is a genus of ostracod crustaceans in the family Cyprididae. It is probably endemic to Australia and New Zealand, and is predicted to be highly diverse. The genus was described in 1981 and named after Woollarawarre Bennelong, the ...

'' De Deckker, 1981 –

Northern Territory The Northern Territory (commonly abbreviated as NT; formally the Northern Territory of Australia) is an states and territories of Australia, Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia. The Northern Territory ...

*'' Bennelongia pinpi'' De Deckker, 1981 – Queensland *'' Bennelongia strellyensis'' Martens ''et al.'', 2012 – Western Australia,

*''

Bennelongia tunta ''Bennelongia'' is a genus of ostracod crustaceans in the family Cyprididae. It is probably endemic to Australia and New Zealand, and is predicted to be highly diverse. The genus was described in 1981 and named after Woollarawarre Bennelong, the ...

'' De Deckker, 1982 – Queensland

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* Podocopida genera Cyprididae {{ostracod-stub

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