Potamocypris Explained
Potamocypris is a genus of ostracod crustaceans in the family Cyprididae. There are currently 44 extant species of Potamocypris.[1] The majority of the species occur in freshwater habitats; only a few species of the genus (e.g., Potamocypris steueri) colonize marine brackish coastal waters.[2]
Species
- Potamocypris alveolata
- Potamocypris arcuata
- Potamocypris bituminicola
- Potamocypris bowmani
- Potamocypris brachychaeta
- Potamocypris chelazzii
- Potamocypris comosa
- Potamocypris dadayi
- Potamocypris deflexa
- Potamocypris dorsomarginata
- Potamocypris elegantula
- Potamocypris fallax
- Potamocypris fulva
- Potamocypris gibbula
- Potamocypris humilis
- Potamocypris hummelincki
- Potamocypris illinoisensis
- Potamocypris insularis
- Potamocypris islagrandensis
- Potamocypris koenikei
- Potamocypris lobata
- Potamocypris mastigophora
- Potamocypris narayanani
- Potamocypris ombrophila
- Potamocypris pallida
- Potamocypris paludum
- Potamocypris philotherma
- Potamocypris problematica
- Potamocypris reticulata
- Potamocypris saskatchewanensis
- Potamocypris schubarti
- Potamocypris similis
- Potamocypris smaragdina
- Potamocypris steueri
- Potamocypris stewarti
- Potamocypris sudzukii
- Potamocypris unicaudata
- Potamocypris variegata
- Potamocypris villosa
- Potamocypris worthingtoni
- Potamocypris zschokkei
Notes and References
- Meisch. C. . Smith . R.J. . Martens . K. . 2019 . A subjective global checklist of the extant non-marine Ostracoda (Crustacea). . European Journal of Taxonomy . 492 . 1–135..
- Meisch, C., 1984. Revision of the Recent Western Europe species of genus Potamcypris (Crustacea, Ostracoda). Part 1: Species with short swimming setae on the second antennae. Travaux scientifiques du Musée d'histoire naturelle de Luxembourg 3: 1-55.
