Potamocypris arcuata
| Potamocypris arcuata | |
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| Carapace and valves of Potamocypris arcuata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Ostracoda |
| Order: | Podocopida |
| Family: | Cyprididae |
| Genus: | Potamocypris |
| Species: | P. arcuata
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| Binomial name | |
| Potamocypris arcuata (Sars, 1903) G.W. Müller, 1912
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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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
Literature[edit]
- 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.
External links[edit]
Data related to Potamocypris arcuata at Wikispecies
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