Potamocypris variegata

Potamocypris variegata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Ostracoda
Order: Podocopida
Family: Cyprididae
Genus: Potamocypris
Species: P. variegata
Binomial name
Potamocypris variegata
(Brady & Norman, 1889)

Potamocypris variegata is a species of ostracod crustaceans in the family Cyprididae, subfamily Cypridopsinae. It is mainly found in ponds with rich aquatic vegetation, more rarely in slowly flowing streams. The species is distributed throughout Europe, but is also known from North America.[1]

Description

The carapace of P. variegata is reniform in shape. The carapace length ranges from 0.46 to 0.56 mm. Colour: yellowish green with two dark green transverse stripes.

The second antennae carry swimming setae distinctly extending beyond the tips of the terminal claws.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Martens & Savatenalinton 2011. A subjective checklist of the Recent, free-living, non-marine Ostracoda (Crustacea). Zootaxa 2855: 65.
  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: 20-29.

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