Biology:Potamocypris mastigophora

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Short description: Species of seed shrimp


Potamocypris mastigophora
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P. mastigophora
Binomial name
Potamocypris mastigophora
Methuén, 1910
Potamocypris mastigophora, North Macedonia

Potamocypris mastigophora is a species of ostracod crustacean in the family Cyprididae, subfamily Cypridopsinae. It is known from Africa and the southern areas of the Palaearctic.[1]

Description

The carapace of P. mastigophora is laterally compressed, with length ranging from 0.55 to 0.64 mm.[2] The left valve bears wide anterior and posterior flanges. The second antennae carry swimming setae that extend beyond the tips of the terminal claws. The males are unknown, all known populations reproducing through parthenogenesis.

References

  1. Meisch, C., R.J. Smith & K. Martens, 2019. A subjective global checklist of the extant non-marine Ostracoda (Crustacea). European Journal of Taxonomy 492: 1–135. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2019.492
  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: 67-72.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q16757656 entry