Potamocypris unicaudata

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Potamocypris unicaudata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Ostracoda
Order: Podocopida
Family: Cyprididae
Genus: Potamocypris
Species:
P. unicaudata
Binomial name
Potamocypris unicaudata
Schäfer, 1943

Potamocypris unicaudata is a species of ostracod crustacean in the family Cyprididae, subfamily Cypridopsinae. It is abundantly found in ditches and ponds near the sea shore, where freshwater slightly mingles with sea water. It is known from both Europe and North America. [1]

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Description

The carapace of P. unicaudata is sub-reniform in shape and laterally compressed. The valve surface appears smooth in the stereomicroscope at magnifications of 20 to 60 x. In the scanning electron microscope, at magnifications of 500 x and above, tiny pits become visible.

The carapace length ranges from 0.70 to 0.85 mm. Colour: uniformly green to yellowish green.

The second antennae carry swimming setae distinctly extending beyond the tips of the terminal claws. [2]

Reproduction

No males of P. unicaudata have so far been found and it is therefore inferred that the species reproduces parthenogenetically. [3]

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References

  1. Martens & Savatenalinton 2011. A subjective checklist of the Recent, free-living, non-marine Ostracoda (Crustacea). Zootaxa2855: 65.
  2. 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 Luxembourg6: 20-29.
  3. 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 Luxembourg6: 20-29.