''Potamocypris'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
ostracod
Ostracods, or ostracodes, are a Class (biology), class of the crustacean, Crustacea (class Ostracoda), sometimes known as seed shrimp. Some 33,000 species (only 13,000 of which are extant taxon, extant) have been identified,Brandão, S.N.; Antoni ...
crustacean
Crustaceans (from Latin meaning: "those with shells" or "crusted ones") are invertebrate animals that constitute one group of arthropods that are traditionally a part of the subphylum Crustacea (), a large, diverse group of mainly aquatic arthrop ...
s in the family
Cyprididae
Cyprididae is "the most diverse group of freshwater ostracods". 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 1 ...
. There are currently 44 extant species of ''Potamocypris''. The majority of the species occur in freshwater habitats; only a few species of the genus (e.g., ''
Potamocypris steueri'') colonize marine brackish coastal waters.
[Meisch, C., 1984. Revision of the Recent Western Europe species of genus ''Potamcypris'' (Crustacea, Ostracoda). Part 1: Species with short swimming setae on the second antennae. ''Travaux scientifiques du Musée d'histoire naturelle de Luxembourg'' 3: 1-55.]
Species
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Potamocypris alveolata''
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Potamocypris arcuata''
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Potamocypris bituminicola''
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Potamocypris bowmani''
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Potamocypris brachychaeta''
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Potamocypris chelazzii''
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Potamocypris comosa''
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Potamocypris dadayi''
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Potamocypris deflexa''
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Potamocypris dorsomarginata''
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Potamocypris elegantula''
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Potamocypris fallax''
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Potamocypris fulva''
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Potamocypris gibbula''
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Potamocypris humilis''
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Potamocypris hummelincki''
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Potamocypris illinoisensis''
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Potamocypris insularis''
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Potamocypris islagrandensis''
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Potamocypris koenikei''
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Potamocypris lobata''
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Potamocypris mastigophora''
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Potamocypris narayanani''
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Potamocypris ombrophila''
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Potamocypris pallida''
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Potamocypris paludum''
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Potamocypris philotherma''
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Potamocypris problematica''
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Potamocypris reticulata''
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Potamocypris saskatchewanensis''
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Potamocypris schubarti''
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Potamocypris similis''
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Potamocypris smaragdina''
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Potamocypris steueri''
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Potamocypris stewarti''
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Potamocypris sudzukii''
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Potamocypris unicaudata''
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Potamocypris variegata''
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Potamocypris villosa''
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Potamocypris worthingtoni''
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Potamocypris zschokkei''
References
External links
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Podocopida genera
Cyprididae
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