Potamocypris unicaudata

Potamocypris unicaudata Schäfer, 1943 (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 unicaudata

Name

Potamocypris unicaudata Schäfer, 1943

• Type locality: Barsbek Lake (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany).
• Synonyms:
  • Potamocypris vanoyei De Vos, 1946
• Global distribution: Palaearctic and Nearctic Regions.

References

Primary references

• Schäfer, H. W. 1943: Über zwei neue deutsche Arten der Süßwasser-Ostracoden. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 1438 (9/102): 210-216.
• De Vos, A.P.C. 1946: A new ostracod from the Netherlands: Potamocypris vanoyei n. sp. Biologisch Jaarboek (Antwerpen), 13: 168-170.
• Meisch, C. 1985: Revision of the Recent West European species of the genus Potamocypris (Crustacea, Ostracoda). Part II. Species with long swimming setae on the second antennae. Travaux scientifiques du Musée national d'histoire naturelle de Luxembourg, 6: 1-95 (P. unicaudata: p. 30-35). PDF

Secondary references

• Meisch, C. 2000: Freshwater Ostracoda of Western and Central Europe. Süßwasserfauna von Mitteleuropa 8/3. Spektrum Akdemischer 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. PDF
• Fuhrmann, R. 2012: Atlas quartärer und rezenter Ostrakoden Mitteldeutschlands. Altenburger Naturwissenschaftliche Forschungen, 15: 1-320, 142 plates.

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