Potamocypris arcuata explained

Potamocypris arcuata is a species of ostracod crustacean in the family Cyprididae, subfamily Cypridopsinae. It is mainly known from the southern areas of the Palaearctic.^{[1] [2]}

Description

The carapace of P. arcuata is laterally compressed and approximately kidney-shaped in lateral view. The valve surface is covered with tiny pits and dense setae. Colour: pale green with a dark green dorsal blob. The length of carapace ranges from 0.50 to 0.81 mm. The second antennae carry swimming setae that extend beyond the tips of the terminal claws.^[3]

Reproduction

Bisexual populations (with males and females) are reported from North Africa only. All other known populations consist of females only and are therefore inferred to reproduce by parthenogenesis.

Literature

• Martens, K. & S. Savatenalinton, 2011. A Subjective Checklist of the Recent, Free-Living, Non-Marine Ostracoda (Crustacea). Zootaxa 2855: 1-79.
• Meisch, C. 1985. Revision of the Recent West European Species of the Genus Potamocypris. Part II. Species with long swimming setae on the second antennae. Travaux scientifiques du Musée d'histoire naturelle de Luxembourg 6: 67-72.
• Meisch, C., 2000. Freshwater Ostracoda of Western and Central Europe. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Heidelberg, Berlin. 522 p.

Notes and References

1. Meisch 1985, p. 54
2. Martens & Savatenalinton 2011. A subjective checklist of the Recent, free-living, non-marine Ostracoda (Crustacea). Zootaxa 2855: 64.
3. Meisch C. 1985, p. 54