Genus Cypretta Vávra, 1895
- Cypretta Vávra, V. 1895. Die von Herrn Dr. F. Stuhlmann gesamelten Süsswasser-Ostracoden Zanzibar's. Beiheft zum Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschftlichen Anstalten 12: 1-23 [6].
Type species:
Cypretta tenuicaudata Vávra, 1895 (=Cypridopsis (Cypretta) tenuicaudata Vávra, 1895) by monotypy.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory
IBRA
Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL) ; NSW, NT: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Afrotropical Region
- Madagascar
- South Africa
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin
- Northern Territory: N coastal, W plateau
- New Zealand
Neotropical Region
Oriental Region
- China (People's Republic)
Diagnosis
Small ostracods, less than 1 mm long. Surface smooth, punctate or reticulate ostracods; right valve larger with septa on anterior margin in adults. Caudal ramus with two narrow elongate claws, anterior seta present or absent. Ovary coiled at its inception.
Diagnosis References
Sohn, I.G. & Kornicker, L.S. 1873. Morphology of Cypretta kawatai Sohn and Kornicker, 1972 (Crustacea, Ostracoda), with a discussion of the genus. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 141: 1-28 [3]
General References
Sohn, I.G. & Kornicker, L.S. 1873. Morphology of Cypretta kawatai Sohn and Kornicker, 1972 (Crustacea, Ostracoda), with a discussion of the genus. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 141: 1-28 [2]
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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28-Mar-2012 | 28-Mar-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
30-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |