Potamocypris mastigophora, Macedonia.

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
Subphylum: Crustacea
Superclassis: Oligostraca
Classis: Ostracoda
Subclassis: Podocopa
Ordo: Podocopida
Subordo: Cypridocopina
Superfamilia: Cypridoidea

Familia: Cyprididae
Subfamilia: Cypridopsinae
Genus: Potamocypris
Species: Potamocypris mastigophora

Name

Potamocypris mastigophora Methuen, 1910) Cohen, 1986

  • Original combination: Cypris mastigophora Methuen, 1910
  • Type locality: Transvaal (South Africa).
  • Global distribution: Afrotropical and Palaearctic Regions.

Synonyms

  • Cyprilla producta Sars, 1924
  • Potamocypris producta (Sars, 1924) Gauthier, 1939
  • Potamocypris reniformis (Brady, 1907) G.W. Müller, 1912

Primary references

  • Brady, G.S. 1907: On Entomostraca collected in Natal by Mr. James Gibson. (Part II). Annals of the Natal Museum, 1: 173-186, 4 pls (29-32)
  • 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 d'histoire naturelle de Luxembourg 6: 1-95. (Potamocypris producta and Potamocypris mastigophora: 67-72).
  • Methuen, P.A. 1910: On a collection of freshwater Crustacea from the Transvaal. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1910 (1): 148-166; 2 figs (11-12); 11 pls (8-18).
  • 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.

Additional references

  • Kempf, E.K. 2006: Fossil and Living Ostracoda of the World. Index and Bibliography of Nonmarine Ostracoda. Part 16, Index D: Recent Nonmarine Ostracoda of the World. CD-ROM Edition with 27,794 dataset references (published by the author). [Occurrences of Potamocypris mastigophora (Methuen, 1910) Cohen, 1986 are listed therein under UTIN (Universal Taxonomic Identification Number) Ostracoda: G0476 11671].
  • Martens, K. & Savatenalinton, S. 2011: A subjective checklist of the Recent, free-living, non-marine Ostracoda (Crustacea). Zootaxa, 2855: 1-79. PDF
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