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Pontocypris
Classification
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea (superclass)
Class:
Ostracoda
Order:
Podocopida
Suborder:
Podocopina
Superfamily:
Cypridacea
Family:
Pontocyprididae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Pontocypris SARS, 1866
Type Species:
Cypris serrulata Sars, 1863, SD Brady & Norman, 1889 (=Cythere (Bairdia) mytiloides NORMAN, 1862)
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Fig. 182,2. *P. mytiloides, Rec., N. Atl., 2a,b, female carapace L , dors., 2c,d, male LV lat., int., all X50(2a,b, 65, 2c,d, 67)
Synonyms
Cytheropsis, Erythrocypris
Geographic Distribution
cosmop.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Dev., Rec.
Beginning International Stage:
Lochkovian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
419
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Famennian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
359.3
Description
Medium size; elongate-acuminate, compressed, thickest anteromedially; dorsum arched, angulated in front of middle; posterior end strongly extended ventral to mid-height, acuminately pointed; valves subequal, surface smooth; posteroventral margin of RV serrate. Inner lamellae broad; muscle scar with few spots, forming a compact group.
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Classification
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea (superclass)
Class:
Ostracoda
Order:
Podocopida
Suborder:
Podocopina
Superfamily:
Cypridacea
Family:
Pontocyprididae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Pontocypris SARS, 1866
Type Species:
Cypris serrulata Sars, 1863, SD Brady & Norman, 1889 (=Cythere (Bairdia) mytiloides NORMAN, 1862)
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 182,2. *P. mytiloides, Rec., N. Atl., 2a,b, female carapace L , dors., 2c,d, male LV lat., int., all X50(2a,b, 65, 2c,d, 67)
Synonyms
Cytheropsis, Erythrocypris
Geographic Distribution
cosmop.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Dev., Rec.
Beginning International Stage:
Lochkovian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
419
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Famennian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
359.3
Description
Medium size; elongate-acuminate, compressed, thickest anteromedially; dorsum arched, angulated in front of middle; posterior end strongly extended ventral to mid-height, acuminately pointed; valves subequal, surface smooth; posteroventral margin of RV serrate. Inner lamellae broad; muscle scar with few spots, forming a compact group.