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Cypridina
Classification
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea (superclass)
Class:
Ostracoda
Order:
Myodocopida
Suborder:
Myodocopina
Superfamily:
Cypridinacea
Family:
Cypridinidea
Subfamily:
Cypridininea
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Cypridina Milne EDWARDS, 1840
Type Species:
C. reynaudi
Images
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Fig. 321,1. C. inermis (G. W. Müller) ( = *C. reynaudi), Malaya, ô carapace L, X30 (53,109)
Synonyms
Daphnia, Pyrocypris, Eupathistoma
Geographic Distribution
trop.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Beginning International Stage:
Greenlandian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
0.01
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Pronounced anterodorsal angle leading to downwardly directed rostrum, posteroventral extremity produced, carapace not calcified, animal phosphorescent.
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea (superclass)
Class:
Ostracoda
Order:
Myodocopida
Suborder:
Myodocopina
Superfamily:
Cypridinacea
Family:
Cypridinidea
Subfamily:
Cypridininea
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Cypridina Milne EDWARDS, 1840
Type Species:
C. reynaudi
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 321,1. C. inermis (G. W. Müller) ( = *C. reynaudi), Malaya, ô carapace L, X30 (53,109)
Synonyms
Daphnia, Pyrocypris, Eupathistoma
Geographic Distribution
trop.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Beginning International Stage:
Greenlandian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
0.01
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Pronounced anterodorsal angle leading to downwardly directed rostrum, posteroventral extremity produced, carapace not calcified, animal phosphorescent.