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Potamocypris arcuata

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Potamocypris arcuata
Carapace and valves of Potamocypris arcuata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Ostracoda
Order: Podocopida
Family: Cyprididae
Genus: Potamocypris
Species:
P. arcuata
Binomial name
Potamocypris arcuata
(Sars, 1903) G.W. Müller, 1912

Potamocypris arcuata is a species of ostracod crustacean in the family Cyprididae, subfamily Cypridopsinae. It is mainly known from the southern areas of the Palaearctic.[1][2]

Description

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The carapace of P. arcuata is laterally compressed and approximately kidney-shaped in lateral view. The valve surface is covered with tiny pits and dense setae. Colour: pale green with a dark green dorsal blob. The length of carapace ranges from 0.50 to 0.81 mm. The second antennae carry swimming setae that extend beyond the tips of the terminal claws.[3]

Reproduction

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Bisexual populations (with males and females) are reported from North Africa only. All other known populations consist of females only and are therefore inferred to reproduce by parthenogenesis.

References

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  1. ^ Meisch 1985, p. 54
  2. ^ Martens & Savatenalinton 2011. A subjective checklist of the Recent, free-living, non-marine Ostracoda (Crustacea). Zootaxa 2855: 64.
  3. ^ Meisch C. 1985, p. 54

Literature

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  • Martens, K. & S. Savatenalinton, 2011. A Subjective Checklist of the Recent, Free-Living, Non-Marine Ostracoda (Crustacea). Zootaxa 2855: 1-79.
  • 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.
  • Meisch, C., 2000. Freshwater Ostracoda of Western and Central Europe. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Heidelberg, Berlin. 522 p.
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