Genus Cypricercus Sars, 1895

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• Cypricercus Sars, G.O. 1895. On some South-African Entomostraca raised from dried mud. Skrifter fra Videnskabsselskabet i Kjoebenhavn, Mathematisk-Naturvidenskabelig Rekke 8: 1-56 [37].

  Type species:

   Cypricercus cuneatus Sars, 1895 by original designation.

 

Introduction

Occurrence: South Africa, South America, Australia. For species included and redescription of the type species, see Savatenalinton & Martens (2009).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin
  • South Australia: S Gulfs
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin
  • Western Australia: SW coastal

Diagnosis

Diagnosis: Carapace in dorsal view elliptical, in lateral, view elongated (length more than twice the height), in frontal view, LV and RV subequal, not oblique; LV with internal groove along valve margin and with 1 (type D) or 2 (type E) inner lists; d-seta on T1 present; hemipenis with small, subquadrate lateral shield and with 2 postlabyrinthal spermiduct loops; Zenker organ with distal end plate, forming crown of petal-like structure. Cypricercus is closely related to Strandesia and Bradleycypris. It is distinguished from both genera by the morphology of anterior part of the LV in internal view, of the hemipenis and of the Zenker organ. (From Savatenalinton & Martens, 2009).

 

Diagnosis References

Sars, G.O. 1895. On some South-African Entomostraca raised from dried mud. Skrifter fra Videnskabsselskabet i Kjoebenhavn, Mathematisk-Naturvidenskabelig Rekke 8: 1-56 [37]

 

General References

Sars, G.O. 1895. On some South-African Entomostraca raised from dried mud. Skrifter fra Videnskabsselskabet i Kjoebenhavn, Mathematisk-Naturvidenskabelig Rekke 8: 1-56 [37]

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. 2009. Redescription of the type species of Strandesia Stuhlmann, 1888 and Cypricercus Sars, 1895 (Crustacea, Ostracoda, Cypricercinae), with a description of a new species of Cypricercus from South Africa. Zootaxa 1-42

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
09-Aug-2010		09-Aug-2010	MOVED
		30-Mar-2010	MODIFIED