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Cypridopsis
Classification
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea (superclass)
Class:
Ostracoda
Order:
Podocopida
Suborder:
Podocopina
Superfamily:
Cypridacea
Family:
Cyprididae
Subfamily:
Cypridopsinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Cypridopsis BRADY, 1867
Type Species:
Cypris vidua O.F.Müller, 1776, SD Brady & NORMAN, 1889
Images
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Fig. 164,1. *C. vidua (O.F.Müller), Rec., Eu.-N.Am., 1a,b, carapace L, dors., X70, 1c,d, LV int., vent., X70 (Sars, 1925), 1e, of carapace dors., X70 (55).
Synonyms
Pionocypris, Proteocypris
Geographic Distribution
cosmop.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Perm., U.Cret.
Beginning International Stage:
Asselian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
298.89
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Reniform, subtriangular, not elongated, moderately convex, thickest postmedially, dorsum strongly arched, angulated medially, truncated on either side of position of greatest height, venter concave, anterior margin narrower; RV slightly larger than LV, surface pitted, pustulose, spinose. In part parthenogenetic. [Freshwater, brackish-water.]
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Classification
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea (superclass)
Class:
Ostracoda
Order:
Podocopida
Suborder:
Podocopina
Superfamily:
Cypridacea
Family:
Cyprididae
Subfamily:
Cypridopsinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Cypridopsis BRADY, 1867
Type Species:
Cypris vidua O.F.Müller, 1776, SD Brady & NORMAN, 1889
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 164,1. *C. vidua (O.F.Müller), Rec., Eu.-N.Am., 1a,b, carapace L, dors., X70, 1c,d, LV int., vent., X70 (Sars, 1925), 1e, of carapace dors., X70 (55).
Synonyms
Pionocypris, Proteocypris
Geographic Distribution
cosmop.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Perm., U.Cret.
Beginning International Stage:
Asselian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
298.89
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Reniform, subtriangular, not elongated, moderately convex, thickest postmedially, dorsum strongly arched, angulated medially, truncated on either side of position of greatest height, venter concave, anterior margin narrower; RV slightly larger than LV, surface pitted, pustulose, spinose. In part parthenogenetic. [Freshwater, brackish-water.]