Cyprididae

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Cyprididae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Ostracoda
Order: Podocopida
Superfamily: Cypridoidea
Family: Cyprididae
Baird, 1845 [1]
Subfamilies
Synonyms
  • Cypridae

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 genus in 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]

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. 1 2 3 4 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.
  5. ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Cyprididae Baird, 1845". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2022-12-13.
  6. ↑ Riocypris Klie, 1935


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