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Eucypris
Classification
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea (superclass)
Class:
Ostracoda
Order:
Podocopida
Suborder:
Podocopina
Superfamily:
Cypridacea
Family:
Cyprididae
Subfamily:
Cypridinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Eucypris VÁVRA, 1891
Type Species:
Monoculus virens Jurine, 1820, SD SARS, 1928
Images
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Fig. 154,2a-c. *E. virens (Jurine), Rec., Eu., 2a,b, female carapace L , dors., 2c, juv. carapace L , X20 (314). -- Fig. 154,2d-f. E. crassa O.F. MULLER, Rec., N.Eu.; 2d, female LV int., 2e,f, carapace L, dors.; all X30 (314).
Synonyms
Amphicypris
Geographic Distribution
cosmop.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Cret.
Beginning International Stage:
Cenomanian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
100.5
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Elongate-subovate, moderately convex, dorsum moderately arched, truncated behind and in front of greatest height, venter slightly concave to markedly sinuous, not appreciably flattened, ends rounded, not spinose, posterior margin narrow and extended ventral to mid-height, valves subequal. LV slightly larger than RV, surface smooth. Inner lamellae broad, concentrically striated. [Fresh-water.]
References
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Classification
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea (superclass)
Class:
Ostracoda
Order:
Podocopida
Suborder:
Podocopina
Superfamily:
Cypridacea
Family:
Cyprididae
Subfamily:
Cypridinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Eucypris VÁVRA, 1891
Type Species:
Monoculus virens Jurine, 1820, SD SARS, 1928
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 154,2a-c. *E. virens (Jurine), Rec., Eu., 2a,b, female carapace L , dors., 2c, juv. carapace L , X20 (314). -- Fig. 154,2d-f. E. crassa O.F. MULLER, Rec., N.Eu.; 2d, female LV int., 2e,f, carapace L, dors.; all X30 (314).
Synonyms
Amphicypris
Geographic Distribution
cosmop.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Cret.
Beginning International Stage:
Cenomanian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
100.5
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Elongate-subovate, moderately convex, dorsum moderately arched, truncated behind and in front of greatest height, venter slightly concave to markedly sinuous, not appreciably flattened, ends rounded, not spinose, posterior margin narrow and extended ventral to mid-height, valves subequal. LV slightly larger than RV, surface smooth. Inner lamellae broad, concentrically striated. [Fresh-water.]