Megalocypris princeps

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Taxonavigation[edit]

Taxonavigation: Cypridoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Superclassis: Oligostraca
Classis: Ostracoda
Subclassis: Podocopa
Ordo: Podocopida
Subordo: Cypridocopina
Superfamilia: Cypridoidea

Familia: Cyprididae
Genus: Megalocypris
Species: Megalocypris princeps

Name[edit]

Megalocypris princeps G.O. Sars, 1898

  • Type locality: A pond on Green Point Common, near Cape Town, South Africa.
    • Remarks: With a length of 7.3 mm (female specimens) or 7.0 mm (male specimens) this is one of the largest living freshwater ostracods known.

Primary references[edit]

  • Sars, G.O. 1898: On Megalocypris princeps, a Gigantic Fresh-Water Ostracod from South Africa. Archiv for Mathematik og Naturvidenskab, 20 (8): 1–18, 1 plate. PDF

Additional references[edit]

  • Kempf, E.K. 1980: Index and Bibliography of Nonmarine Ostracoda. Part 1, Index A. Sonderveröffentlichungen, Geologisches Institut der Universität zu Köln, 35: 1–188.
  • Kempf, E.K. 1980: Index and Bibliography of Nonmarine Ostracoda. Part 2, Index B. Sonderveröffentlichungen, Geologisches Institut der Universität zu Köln, 36: 1–180.
  • Kempf, E.K. 1980: Index and Bibliography of Nonmarine Ostracoda. Part 3, Index C. Sonderveröffentlichungen, Geologisches Institut der Universität zu Köln, 37: 1–204.
  • Kempf, E.K. 1980: Index and Bibliography of Nonmarine Ostracoda. Part 4, Bibliography A. Sonderveröffentlichungen, Geologisches Institut der Universität zu Köln, 38: 1–186.
  • Kempf, E.K. 2006: Fossil and Living Ostracoda of the World. Index and Bibliography of Nonmarine Ostracoda. Part 16, Index D: Recent Nonmarine Ostracoda of the World. CD-ROM Edition with 27,794 dataset references (published by the author). [Occurrences of Megalocypris princeps G. O. Sars, 1898 are listed therein under UTIN (Universal Taxonomic Identification Number) Ostracoda: G0377 06025].
  • Martens, K. & Savatenalinton, S. 2011: A subjective checklist of the Recent, free-living, non-marine Ostracoda (Crustacea). Zootaxa, 2855: 1–79. PDF