Potamocypris paludum

Taxonavigation

Potamocypris paludum (Gauthier, 1939) (Scanning electron micrographs)

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
Subfamilia: Cypridopsinae
Genus: Potamocypris
Species: Potamocypris paludum

Name

Potamocypris paludum (Gauthier, 1939)

• New name for Potamocypris arcuata (Sars, 1924), preoccupied by Potamocypris arcuata (Sars, 1903)
• Original combination: Cyprilla arcuata Sars, 1924
• Type locality: Bergvliet (South Africa).
• Synonyms
  • Cyprilla arcuata Sars, 1924
  • Potamocypris arcuata (Sars, 1924) NON Potamocypris arcuata (Sars, 1903)
• Global distribution: Palaearctic Region.

Primary references

• Gauthier, H. 1939: Sur la structure de la coquille chez quelques Cypridopsinés et sur la validité du genre Cyprilla (Ostracodes). Bulletin de la Société zoologique de France, 64 (4): 203–228, 6 figs. Reference page. 
• Sars, G. O. 1924: The fresh-water Entomostraca of the Cape Province (Union of South Africa). Part II: Ostracoda. Annals of the South African Museum, 20 (2): 105-193; pls 2-20.
• Sars, G. O. 1903: On the crustacean fauna of Central Asia. Part 3: Copepoda and Ostracoda. Annuaire du Musée zoologique de l'Académie impériale des sciences de St.-Pétersbourg, 8 (2): 195-264 (Ostracoda: 221-227, pl. 16).

Additional references

• Martens, K. & Savatenalinton, S. 2011: A subjective checklist of the Recent, free-living, non-marine Ostracoda (Crustacea). Zootaxa, 2855: 1-79. PDF
• Fuhrmann, R. 2012: Atlas quartärer und rezenter Ostrakoden Mitteldeutschlands. Altenburger Naturwissenschaftliche Forschungen, 15: 1-320, 142 plates.

Links

• Commons: Potamocypris paludum (PDF)