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Heterocypris
Classification
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea (superclass)
Class:
Ostracoda
Order:
Podocopida
Suborder:
Podocopina
Superfamily:
Cypridacea
Family:
Cyprididae
Subfamily:
Cypridinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Heterocypris CLAUS, 1893
Type Species:
Cypris incongruens RANDOHR, 1808
Images
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Fig. 155,5, *H. incongruens (Ramdohr), Rec., Eu., 5a,b, carapace R , dors., 5c, RV int., 5d,e, female carapace dors., female LV int., all X30 (316).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
cosmop.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Paleoc.
Beginning International Stage:
Danian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
66.04
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Subovate-elongate, medium-sized, moderately convex, thickest postmedially, dorsum moderately arched, subangulated postmedially, venter nearly straight to slightly concave, anterior margin narrowed; LV overlapping RV anteriorly and ventrally; general sur'face smooth except for scattered pits, edge of LV tuberculate anteriorly and posteroventrally (68). [Freshwater.]
References
Claus, Carl REFERENCES, 1893, Beiträge aur kenntniss der SüsswasserOstracoden: Arbeit. Zool. Inst. Univ. Wien, v. 10, p. 147-216, pl. 1-12.
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea (superclass)
Class:
Ostracoda
Order:
Podocopida
Suborder:
Podocopina
Superfamily:
Cypridacea
Family:
Cyprididae
Subfamily:
Cypridinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Heterocypris CLAUS, 1893
Type Species:
Cypris incongruens RANDOHR, 1808
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 155,5, *H. incongruens (Ramdohr), Rec., Eu., 5a,b, carapace R , dors., 5c, RV int., 5d,e, female carapace dors., female LV int., all X30 (316).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
cosmop.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Paleoc.
Beginning International Stage:
Danian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
66.04
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Subovate-elongate, medium-sized, moderately convex, thickest postmedially, dorsum moderately arched, subangulated postmedially, venter nearly straight to slightly concave, anterior margin narrowed; LV overlapping RV anteriorly and ventrally; general sur'face smooth except for scattered pits, edge of LV tuberculate anteriorly and posteroventrally (68). [Freshwater.]
References
Claus, Carl REFERENCES, 1893, Beiträge aur kenntniss der SüsswasserOstracoden: Arbeit. Zool. Inst. Univ. Wien, v. 10, p. 147-216, pl. 1-12.