''Cyclocypris'' is a genus of
ostracod
Ostracods, or ostracodes, are a class of the Crustacea (class Ostracoda), sometimes known as seed shrimp. Some 70,000 species (only 13,000 of which are extant) have been identified, grouped into several orders. They are small crustaceans, typic ...
s in the family
Candonidae
Candonidae is a family of ostracods, containing around 25% of all known species of freshwater ostracods. Around 75% of genera in the family are endemic to a single zoogeographic region. It contains more than 500 species, of which more than 300 ar ...
.
The genus has a
cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the world in appropriate habitats. Such a taxon, usually a species, is said to exhibit cosmopolitanism or cosmopolitism. The ext ...
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Taxonomy
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Cyclocypris'':
* †''
Cyclocypris eaglespringsensis''
Swain, 1964
* ''
Cyclocypris globosa''
(Sars, 1863)
* ''
Cyclocypris ovum''
(Jurine, 1820)
* †''
Cyclocypris trapezoidalis''
Swain, 1964
References
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Candonidae