Parvocythere gracilis

Parvocythere gracilis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cytheroidea
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: Cytherocopina Superfamilia: Cytheroidea

Familia: Parvocytheridae
Genus: Parvocythere
Species: Parvocythere gracilis

Name

Parvocythere gracilis Higashi & Tsukagoshi, 2012

Holotype: adult male (SUM-CO-2050), right valve length 170 µm, height 75 µm, left valve length 169 µm, height 73 µm.

Type locality: Interstitial, from a depth of approximately 20 cm in sediment mainly composed of clastic granules and pebbles, littoral beach at Kozu, (35°16.73'N, 139°12.75'E), Odawara City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Pacific coast of central Japan.

Paratypes: 7 adult males (SUM-CO-2051–2057) and 8 adult females (SUM-CO-2058–2065).

ZooBank: 8F4E53A3-FACF-48D2-8862-CC4634E2503D

References

Primary references

• Higashi, R.; Tsukagoshi, A. 2012: Two new species of the interstitial genus Parvocythere (Crustacea, Ostracoda, Cytheroidea) from Japan: an example of morphological variation. ZooKeys 193: 27–48. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.193.2842 . Reference page. 
  • [original description of Parvocythere gracilis: p. 36-42; figs 7–11]

Links

• Parvocythere gracilis in the World Register of Marine Species

• BHL bibliography
• Parvocythere gracilis – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Parvocythere gracilis.
• ION
• Species-ID

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