''Cypridopsis'' is a genus 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 ...

s, belonging to 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 ...

. The genus was described in 1867 by

George Stewardson Brady George Stewardson Brady (18 April 1832 – 25 December 1921) was an English zoologist who was professor of natural history at the Hancock Museum in Newcastle-upon-Tyne who did important volumes on Copepoda and Ostracoda, including those from the ...

and has

cosmopolitan distribution In biogeography, a cosmopolitan distribution is the range of a taxon that extends across most or all of the surface of the Earth, in appropriate habitats; most cosmopolitan species are known to be highly adaptable to a range of climatic and en ...

. Species include: * '' Cypridopsis bamberi'' Henderson, 1986 * '' Cypridopsis elephantiasis'' Hu & Tao, 2008 * '' Cypridopsis sinensis'' Hu & Tao, 2008

References

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