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]
| Potamocypris mastigophora | |
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| Potamocypris mastigophora, North Macedonia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Ostracoda |
| Order: | Podocopida |
| Family: | Cyprididae |
| Genus: | Potamocypris |
| Species: | P. mastigophora
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| Potamocypris mastigophora Methuén, 1910
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Description
editThe 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
edit- ^ 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
- ^ 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.
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