Potamocypris mastigophora

Potamocypris mastigophora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Ostracoda
Order:	Podocopida
Family:	Cyprididae
Genus:	Potamocypris
Species:	P. mastigophora
Binomial name
	Potamocypris mastigophora; Methuén, 1910

Potamocypris mastigophora, Republic of 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 remain undescribed.

References

↑ Martens & Savatenalinton 2011. A subjective checklist of the Recent, free-living, non-marine Ostracoda (Crustacea). Zootaxa 2855: 64.
↑ 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

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[1] Martens & Savatenalinton 2011. A subjective checklist of the Recent, free-living, non-marine Ostracoda (Crustacea). Zootaxa 2855: 64.

[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.