Cyprididae
Cyprididae | |
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Chlamydotheca unispinosa | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Crustacea |
Class: | Ostracoda |
Order: | Podocopida |
Superfamily: | Cypridoidea |
Family: | Cyprididae Baird, 1845[1] |
Subfamilies | |
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Cyprididae is "the most diverse group of freshwater ostracods".[2] It contains 1000 species, which represents 50% of the known species of freshwater ostracods (other speciose families include Candonidae, with 25%, and Limnocytheridae, with 10%).[3] Around 60% of genera in the family are endemic to a single zoogeographic region.[3] The family contains 25 subfamilies, and is most diverse in the Afrotropical realm, with over 300 species in 45 genera.[3] Many Cyprididae occur in temporary water bodies and have drought-resistant eggs, mixed/parthenogenetic reproduction and ability to swim. These biological attributes pre-adapt them to form successful radiations in these habitats.[4] Bennelongia is an interesting genus of the family Cyprididae. It may be the last true descendant genus of the Mesozoic (and now extinct) lineage of , which was a dominant lineage of ostracod in non-marine waters in the Cretaceous.[3]
Overview of genera[]
- - - - - - Bennelongia - - - - - - Chlamydotheca - - Cyclocypris - - - Cypricercus - - Cypridopsis - - - - Dolerocypris - Eucypris - - - - - Herpetocypris - Heterocypris - - - - Kapcypridopsis - - - - Liocypris - - - - - - - - Physocypria - Potamocypris - - - - - - - Scottia - - - - - - - - - - Zonocypretta
References[]
- ^ Baird, W. 1845: Arrangement of the British Entomostraca, with a List of Species, particularly noticing those which have as yet been discovered within the bounds of the Club. History of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club, 2 (13) 145-158
- ^ Robin J. Smith; Horst Janz; Ichiro Okubo (2011). "Recent Cyprididae and Ilyocyprididae (Crustacea: Ostracoda) from Lake Biwa, Japan, including a summary of the lake's ostracod fauna" (PDF excerpt). Zootaxa. 2874: 1–37.
- ^ a b c d Koen Martens; Isa Schön; Claude Meisch; David J. Horne (2008). "Global diversity of ostracods (Ostracoda, Crustacea) in freshwater". In Estelle V. Balian; Christian Lévêque; Hendrik Segers; Koen Martens (eds.). Freshwater Animal Diversity Assessment. Developments in Hydrobiology. Springer. doi:10.1007/s10750-007-9245-4. ISBN 978-1-4020-8258-0.
- ^ D. J. Horne; K. Martens (1998). "An assessment of the importance of resting eggs for the evolutionary success of non-marine Ostracoda (Crustacea)". In Luc Brendonck; Luc de Meester; Nelson Hairston (eds.). Evolutionary and ecological aspects of crustacean diapause. Advances in Limnology. Vol. 52. E. Schweizerbart. pp. 549–561. ISBN 978-3-510-47054-9.
External links[]
Data related to Cyprididae at Wikispecies
- Cyprididae
- Ostracod families
- Crustacean stubs