Potamocypris smaragdina

Potamocypris smaragdina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Ostracoda
Order:	Podocopida
Family:	Cyprididae
Genus:	Potamocypris
Species:	P. smaragdina
Binomial name
	Potamocypris smaragdina; (Vávra, 1891)

Potamocypris smaragdina is a species of ostracod crustacean in the family Cyprididae, subfamily . It is known from both Europe and North America.^[1]

Potamocypris smaragdina colonizes (fish)ponds, lakes and slow flowing streams. It is one of the most common freshwater ostracods in the United States.

Description[]

The carapace of P. smaragdina is subreniform in lateral view. Its valves are covered with stiff setae and small pits. The carapace size ranges from 0.60 to 0.79 mm. Colour: light green to yellowish green with two transverse green stripes.

The second antennae carry swimming setae that extend beyond the tips of the terminal claws.^[2]

Reproduction[]

All known European populations consists of females only. In North America, both unisexual and bisexual populations have been recorded.^[3]

References[]

^ Martens & Savatenalinton 2011. A subjective checklist of the Recent, free-living, non-marine Ostracoda (Crustacea). Zootaxa 2855: 65.
^ Meisch, C. 1985. Revision of the Recent West European species of the genus Potamocypris. Part II. Species with long swimming setae on the second antennae. Travaux scientifiques du Musée d'histoire naturelle de Luxembourg 6: 36.
^ Meisch, C. 1985. Revision of the Recent West European species of the genus Potamocypris. Part II. Species with long swimming setae on the second antennae. Travaux scientifiques du Musée d'histoire naturelle de Luxembourg 6: 37-38.

External links[]

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[1] Martens & Savatenalinton 2011. A subjective checklist of the Recent, free-living, non-marine Ostracoda (Crustacea). Zootaxa 2855: 65.

[2] Meisch, C. 1985. Revision of the Recent West European species of the genus Potamocypris. Part II. Species with long swimming setae on the second antennae. Travaux scientifiques du Musée d'histoire naturelle de Luxembourg 6: 36.

[3] Meisch, C. 1985. Revision of the Recent West European species of the genus Potamocypris. Part II. Species with long swimming setae on the second antennae. Travaux scientifiques du Musée d'histoire naturelle de Luxembourg 6: 37-38.

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