Potamocypris
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Genus: | Potamocypris Brady, 1870
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Potamocypris is a genus of ostracod crustaceans in the family Cyprididae. There are currently 44 extant species of Potamocypris.[1] The majority of the species occur in freshwater habitats; only a few species of the genus (e.g., Potamocypris steueri) colonize marine brackish coastal waters.[2]
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References[]
- ^ Meisch, C.; Smith, R.J.; Martens, K. (2019). "A subjective global checklist of the extant non-marine Ostracoda (Crustacea)". European Journal of Taxonomy. 492: 1-135.
- ^ Meisch, C., 1984. Revision of the Recent Western Europe species of genus Potamcypris (Crustacea, Ostracoda). Part 1: Species with short swimming setae on the second antennae. Travaux scientifiques du Musée d'histoire naturelle de Luxembourg 3: 1-55.
External links[]
- Data related to Potamocypris at Wikispecies
Categories:
- Podocopida genera
- Cyprididae
- Crustacean stubs