Potamocypris smaragdina

Potamocypris smaragdina (Vávra, 1891) (Scanning electron micrographs)

Taxonavigation

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 smaragdina

Name

Potamocypris smaragdina (Vávra, 1891) Daday, 1900

• Type locality: From a small pond near Oberbaumgarten, Horní Pěna (South Bohemia, Czech Republik).
• Global distribution: Palaearctic, Nearctic and Neotropical Regions.

Synonyms

• Cypridopsis smaragdina Vávra, 1891 (Original combination)
• Potamocypris smaragdina compressa Furtos, 1933
• Potamocypris dianae Fox, 1965

References

Primary references

• Vávra, W. 1891. Monographie der Ostracoden Böhmens. Archiv der Naturwissenschaftlichen Landesdurchforschung von Böhmen 8(3): I–IV, 1–116. BHL Reference page. 
• Daday, E. 1900. Ostracoda Hungariae. I-IV, 1-320, Budapest.
• Furtos, N.C. 1933. The Ostracoda of Ohio. Bulletin of the Ohio Biological Survey, 29: 411-524.
• Fox, H.M. 1965. New and interesting Cyprids (Crustacea, Ostracoda) in Britain. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 13, 7 (1964): 623–633. Reference page. 
• Meisch, C. 1985. Revision of the Recent West European species of the genus Potamocypris (Crustacea, Ostracoda). Part I1. Species with long short swimming setae on the second antennae. Travaux scientifiques du Musée national d'histoire naturelle de Luxembourg, 3: 1-55 PDF

Additional references

• Meisch, C. 2000. Freshwater Ostracoda of Western and Central Europe. In Süßwasserfauna Mitteleuropas 8/3. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Heidelberg, Berlin, 522 pp.
• Martens, K. & Savatenalinton, S. 2011. A subjective checklist of the Recent, free-living, non-marine Ostracoda (Crustacea). Zootaxa 2855: 1–79. Preview PDF. Reference page. 
• Fuhrmann, R. 2012. Atlas quartärer und rezenter Ostrakoden Mitteldeutschlands. Altenburger Naturwissenschaftliche Forschungen 15: 1–320, 142 plates. ResearchGate Reference page. 

Links

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