Genus Herpetocypris Brady & Norman, 1889
- Herpetocypris Brady, G.S. & Norman, A.M. 1889. A monograph of the marine and freshwater Ostracoda of the North Atlantic and of Northwestern Europe. Section I: Podocopa. Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society 4(2): 63-270 [84].
Type species:
Cypris reptans Baird, 1835 (=Herpetocypris reptans (Baird, 1889)) by original designation.
Distribution
States
New South Wales
Extra Distribution Information
Cosmopolitan.
IBRA
NSW: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales
Diagnosis
Carapace elongate in lateral view, about 1.5–2.6 mm long; dorsal margin weakly rounded to almost straight. Carapace laterally moderately compressed. Fused valve zones wide; pore canals straight, marginal septa absent. Left valve overlaps right one along entire valve margin. Swimming setae on antenna well-developed or reduced. Terminal segment of maxillular palp short, distally broadened. Seta d2 on second thoracopod about 2 times longer than d1. Caudal rami symmetrical both with similar rows of spines, posterior seta small, closely attached to terminal claw.
Diagnosis References
General References
Gonzalez, M.E., Martens, K. & Baltanàs, A. 1996. A taxonomic revision of European Herpetocypris Brady and Norman, 1889 (Crustacea, Ostracoda). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 66: 93-132 [94]
History of changes
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| 28-Mar-2012 | 28-Mar-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 30-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |