Subfamily Cypricercinae McKenzie, 1971

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cypricercinae McKenzie, K.G. 1971. Species list of South African freshwater Ostracoda with an appendix listing Museum collections and some further determinations. Annals of the South African Museum 57: 157-213.

Introduction

Occurs worldwide, but it is especially diverse in the tropics. There are 11 genera and ~170 species, and three tribes: Cypricercini, Bradleystrandesiini and Nealecypridini. A phylogenetic analysis and key to genera is presented in Savatenalinton & Martens, 2009.

Diagnosis

Left valve overlaps right one ventrally. Second thoracopod 5-segmented. First thoracopod with "c" seta absent. Attachment of caudal ramus distally straight (not branched), proximally with a very characteristic oval to triangular loop (so-called Triebel loop). Seminiferous tubules spirally enrolled in anterior valve area.

ID Keys

A key is presented in Savatenalinton & Martens, 2009.

Diagnosis References

McKenzie, K.G. 1971. Species list of South African freshwater Ostracoda with an appendix listing Museum collections and some further determinations. Annals of the South African Museum 57: 157-213 [160]

Meisch, C. 2000. Freshwater Ostracoda of Western and Central Europe. Heidelberg, Berlin : Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Gmbh. Vol. 8/3 pp. 1-522. [311]

General References

Savatenalinton, S. & Martens, K. 2009. Generic revision of Cypricercinae McKenzie, 1971 (Crustacea, Ostracoda), with the description of three new genera and one new species and a phylogenetic analysis of the subfamily. Hydrobiologia 632: 1-48

Savatenalinton, S. & Martens, K. 2010. On the subfamily Cypricercinae McKenzie, 1971 (Crustacea, Ostracoda) from Thailand, with the description of six new species. Zootaxa 2379: 1-77

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