Cyprididae

Cyprididae

Cyprididae

Family of seed shrimps


Cyprididae is "the most diverse group of freshwater ostracods".[2] It contains over 1000 species, which represents 50% of the known species of freshwater ostracods (other speciose families include Candonidae, with 25%, and Limnocytheridae, with 10%).[3] Around 60% of genera in the family are endemic to a single zoogeographic region.[3] The family contains 16 subfamilies, and is most diverse in the Afrotropical realm, with over 300 species in 45 genera.[3] Many Cyprididae occur in temporary water bodies and have drought-resistant eggs, mixed/parthenogenetic reproduction and ability to swim. These biological attributes pre-adapt them to form successful radiations in these habitats.[4] Bennelongia is an interesting of the family Cyprididae. It may be the last true descendant of the Mesozoic (and now extinct) lineage of Cypridea, which was a dominant lineage of ostracod in non-marine waters in the Cretaceous.[3]

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Taxonomy

The following genera are recognised in the family Cyprididae:[5]

  • Afrocypris Sars, 1924
  • Arctocypris Petkovski, Scharf & Keyser, 2016
  • Ampullacypris de Deckker, 1981
  • Bennelongia De Deckker & McKenzie, 1981
  • Bradleystrandesia Broodbakker, 1983
  • Bradleytriebella Savatenalinton & Martens, 2009
  • Brasacypris Krömmelbein, 1965 †
  • Candocypria Furtos, 1933
  • Candonocypris Sars, 1894
  • Chlamydotheca Saussure, 1858
  • Cypretta Vávra, 1895
  • Cypria
  • Cypridopsis Brady, 1867
  • Cyprinotus Brady, 1886
  • Cypris Müller, O. F., 1776
  • Cypricercus G.O. Sars, 1895
  • Diacypris Herbst, 1961
  • Dolerocypris Kaufmann, 1900
  • Eucypris
  • Herpetocypris
  • Heterocypris Claus, 1892
  • Hungarocypris Vavra, 1906
  • Ilyocypris Brady & Norman, 1889
  • Kroemmelbeincypris Poropat & Colin, 2012 †
  • Kunluniacypris Kempf, 2015
  • Martenscypridopsis Karanovic, 2000
  • Microcypris Kaufmann, 1900
  • Mishinaella Kempf, 2017 †
  • Mongolianella Mandelstam, 1956 †
  • Neocypridopsis Klie, 1940
  • Ngarawa de Deckker, 1979
  • Pattersoncypris Bate, 1972 †
  • Potamocypris Brady, 1870
  • Pseudocypridopsis Karanovic, 1999
  • Pseudoeucypris Schneider, 1957
  • Reticypris McKenzie, 1978
  • Riocypris Klie, 1935[6]
  • Sarscypridopsis McKenzie, 1977
  • Strandesia Stuhlmann, 1888
  • Tanycypris Triebel, 1959
  • Tucanocypris Krömmelbein, 1965 †
  • Zonocypretta De Deckker, 1981
  • Zonocypris Müller, G. W., 1898

References

  1. Baird, W. 1845: Arrangement of the British Entomostraca, with a List of Species, particularly noticing those which have as yet been discovered within the bounds of the Club. History of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club, 2 (13) 145-158
  2. Robin J. Smith; Horst Janz; Ichiro Okubo (2011). "Recent Cyprididae and Ilyocyprididae (Crustacea: Ostracoda) from Lake Biwa, Japan, including a summary of the lake's ostracod fauna" (PDF excerpt). Zootaxa. 2874: 1–37.
  3. Koen Martens; Isa Schön; Claude Meisch; David J. Horne (2008). "Global diversity of ostracods (Ostracoda, Crustacea) in freshwater". In Estelle V. Balian; Christian Lévêque; Hendrik Segers; Koen Martens (eds.). Freshwater Animal Diversity Assessment. Developments in Hydrobiology. Springer. doi:10.1007/s10750-007-9245-4. ISBN 978-1-4020-8258-0.
  4. D. J. Horne; K. Martens (1998). "An assessment of the importance of resting eggs for the evolutionary success of non-marine Ostracoda (Crustacea)". In Luc Brendonck; Luc de Meester; Nelson Hairston (eds.). Evolutionary and ecological aspects of crustacean diapause. Advances in Limnology. Vol. 52. E. Schweizerbart. pp. 549–561. ISBN 978-3-510-47054-9.



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