Amphibolocypris Rome, 1965

Jocque, Merlijn, Brendonck, Luc, Riddoch, Bruce J & Martens, Koen, 2010, On Amphibolocypris arida sp. nov. (Crustacea, Ostracoda), from rock pools in Botswana (southern Africa), Zootaxa 2408, pp. 47-58 : 49

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.194264

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6199638

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scientific name

Amphibolocypris Rome, 1965
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Amphibolocypris Rome, 1965 View in CoL

Type species: Amphibolocypris exigua Rome, 1965 (by original designation)

Origin of name: ‘Amphibolos’, from the Greek 'Amphibolein' = ambiguous, as this genus shares characters of both Isocypris and Platycypris, together with 'Cypris'.

Diagnosis (amended from Rome 1965): Carapace elongated, narrow in dorsal view. Third endite of Mx1 with 2 large, smooth Zahnborsten. T2 (walking limb) with dorsal seta on 4th segment long and claw-like. CR without proximal seta.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Ostracoda

Order

Podocopida

Family

Cyprididae

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