Cypris O. F. Müller, 1776

Mesquita-Joanes, Francesc, Aguilar-Alberola, Josep A., Palero, Ferran & Rueda, Juan, 2020, A new species of Cypris (Crustacea: Ostracoda) from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands, with comments on the first ostracod named using the Linnean system, Zootaxa 4759 (1), pp. 113-131 : 118

Genus Cypris O. F. Müller, 1776

Diagnosis (after Martens 1990, Meisch 2000 and Karanovic 2012). Valves with the anterior selvage largely displaced inwards. LV anteriorly with a well-developed inner list. LV with an additional inner list. RV with a lip-like anteroventral margin. LV overlapping the RV posteriorly and ventrally. Walking leg (L6) 4-segmented; basal segment (protopod) with a d 1 -seta c. 2-3x as long as the d 2 setae. Caudal rami slender.

Distribution. Distributed worldwide, but highest species richness found in the Afrotropical and Oriental regions ( Meisch et al. 2019).