Bennelongia is a genus of ostracod crustacean in the family Cyprididae. It is endemic to Australia and New Zealand and is highly diverse. The genus was described in 1981 and named after Woollarawarre Bennelong, who is the first aboriginal to have a long association with the early European settlers of Australia. Prior to 2012, only six species were described in Australia. Four recent papers (Shearn et al. 2012 and Martens et al. 2012, 2013 & 2015) describe 25 new species of Bennelongia, bringing the total to 31 species.

Bennelongia is likely the last true descendent genus of the Mesozoic (and now extinct) lineage of Cypridea, which was a dominant lineage of ostracods in non-marine waters in the Cretaceous period.

  • Bennelongia australis  Brady 1886 – South Australia
  • Bennelongia barangaroo  De Deckker 1981 – Western Australia
  • Bennelongia bidgelongensis  Martens et al. 2012 – Western Australia, Gascoyne
  • Bennelongia calei Martens et al. 2013 – Western Australia
  • Bennelongia coondinerensis  Martens et al. 2012 – Western Australia, Pilbara
  • Bennelongia cuensis  Martens et al. 2012 – Western Australia, Yilgarn
  • Bennelongia cygnus  Martens et al. 2012 – Western Australia, Swan Valley
  • Bennelongia dedeckkeri  Shearn et al. 2012, Martens et al. 2013 – Queensland & Western Australia
  • Bennelongia frumenta  Martens et al. 2012 – Western Australia, Wheatbelt
  • Bennelongia gnamma Martens et al. 2013 – Western Australia
  • Bennelongia gwelupensis  Martens et al. 2012 – Western Australia, Perth, southwest coast
  • Bennelongia harpago  De Deckker & McKenzie 1981 – Queensland (type species)
  • Bennelongia hirsute Martens et al. 2013 – Western Australia
  • Bennelongia ivanae Martens et al. 2013 – Western Australia
  • Bennelongia kimberleyensis  Martens et al. 2012 – Western Australia, Kimberley
  • Bennelongia koendersae Martens et al. 2015 – Western Australia
  • Bennelongia lata  Martens et al. 2012 – Western Australia, Gascoyne–Murchison region
  • Bennelongia mckenziei  Shearn et al. 2012 – Queensland
  • Bennelongia mcraeae Martens et al. 2013 – Western Australia
  • Bennelongia muggon Martens et al. 2015 – Western Australia
  • Bennelongia nimala  De Deckker 1981 – Northern Territory
  • Bennelongia pinderi Martens et al. 2015 – Western Australia
  • Bennelongia pinpi  De Deckker 1981 – Queensland
  • Bennelongia regina  Shearn et al. 2012 – Queensland
  • Bennelongia scanloni Martens et al. 2013 – Western Australia
  • Bennelongia shieli Martens et al. 2015 – Western Australia
  • Bennelongia strellyensis  Martens et al. 2012 – Western Australia, Pilbara
  • Bennelongia timmsi Martens et al. 2013 – Western Australia
  • Bennelongia tirigie Martens et al. 2015 – Western Australia
  • Bennelongia triangulata Martens et al. 2015 – Western Australia
  • Bennelongia tunta  De Deckker 1982 – Queensland

Martens K., Halse S. & Schön I. 2015. On the Bennelongia nimala and B. triangulata lineages (Crustacea, Ostracoda) in Western Australia, with the description of six new species.European Journal of Taxonomy 111, 1–36. Link

Martens, K., Halse, S.A. & Schön, I. 2013. On the Bennelongia barangaroo lineage (Crustacea, Ostracoda) in Western Australia, with the description of seven new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 66, 1-59 Link

Martens, K., Halse, S. & Schön, I.  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. Link

Shearn, R., Koenders, A., Halse, S., Schön, I and Martens, K.  2012.  A review of Bennelongia De Deckker & McKenzie, 1981 (Crystacea, Ostracoda) species from eastern Australia with a description of three new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 25, 1-35. Link