Gigantocypris

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cypridinoidea
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: Myodocopa Ordo: Myodocopida Subordo: Myodocopina Superfamilia: Cypridinoidea

Gigantocypris G. W. Müller, 1895

Gender: feminine
Status: valid genus
Type species: Gigantocypris agassizii G. W. Müller, 1895 (subsequently formally designated by Sylvester-Bradley, 1961). But, already in G. W. Müller 1895 on page 155 within the first paragraph it was said that the description of the new genus Gigantocypris is based on the more frequent new species Gigantocypris agassizii.
Remarks: All citations of Skogsberg 1920 as author of Gigantocypris are wrong.

Müller, G.W. 1895: Reports on the Dredging Operations off the West Coast of Central America to the Galapagos, to the West Coast of Mexico, and in the Gulf of California, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, carried on by the U. S. Fish Commission Steamer "Albatross", during 1891: XIX. Die Ostracoden. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, 27 (5): 155–169, 3 plates. PDF

Kempf, E.K. 1986: Index and Bibliography of Marine Ostracoda. Part 1, Index A. Sonderveröffentlichungen, Geologisches Institut der Universität zu Köln, 50: 1–762.
Kempf, E.K. 1986: Index and Bibliography of Marine Ostracoda. Part 2, Index B. Sonderveröffentlichungen, Geologisches Institut der Universität zu Köln, 51: 1–708.
Kempf, E.K. 1987: Index and Bibliography of Marine Ostracoda. Part 3, Index C. Sonderveröffentlichungen, Geologisches Institut der Universität zu Köln, 52: 1–771.
Kempf, E.K. 1988: Index and Bibliography of Marine Ostracoda. Part 4, Bibliography A. Sonderveröffentlichungen, Geologisches Institut der Universität zu Köln, 53: 1–454.
Kempf, E.K. 2004: Fossil and Living Ostracoda of the World. Index and Bibliography of Marine Ostracoda. Part 16, Index D: Recent Marine Ostracoda of the World. CD-ROM Edition with 20,686 dataset references (published by the author). [Occurrences of Gigantocypris G. W. Müller, 1895 are listed therein under UTIN (Universal Taxonomic Identification Number) Ostracoda: G3104 =====].
Sylvester-Bradley, P.C. in: Benson, R.H. et al. 1961: Systematic Descriptions. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part Q (Arthropoda 3: Crustacea, Ostracoda): Q99-Q422.