Namibcypris

Namibcypris
Artist's restoration
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Ostracoda
Order:	Podocopida
Family:	Candonidae
Genus:	Namibcypris Martens, 1992
Species:	N. costata
Binomial name
Namibcypris costata Martens, 1992

Namibcypris costata is a critically endangered species of ostracod crustaceans in the family Candonidae, possibly endemic to the southern Kaokoveld in northern Namibia. ^{[1] [2]} It is the only species in the genus Namibcypris.

References

1. Martens, K.; Cox, N.A. (2025). "Namibcypris costata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2025: e.T14316A21423276. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
2. K. Martens (1992). "On Namibcypris costata n. gen, n. sp. (Crustacea, Ostracoda, Candoninae) from a spring in northern Namibia, with the description of a new tribe and a discussion on the classification of the Podocopina". Stygologia . 7: 27–42.