''Cypridopsis'' 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, 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 fresh water, freshwater ostracods (other speciose families include Candonidae, with 25%, and Limnocytheri ...
.
The genus was described in 1867 by
George Stewardson Brady
George Stewardson Brady (18 April 1832 – 25 December 1921) was a professor of natural history at the Hancock Museum in Newcastle-upon-Tyne who did important volumes on Copepoda and Ostracoda, including those from the ''Challenger'' expediti ...
.
The genus has
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 ...
.
Species include:
* ''
Cypridopsis bamberi
''Cypridopsis'' is a genus of ostracods, belonging to the family Cyprididae.
The genus was described in 1867 by George Stewardson Brady.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the ...
''
Henderson, 1986
* ''
Cypridopsis elephantiasis''
Hu & Tao, 2008
* ''
Cypridopsis sinensis''
Hu & Tao, 2008
References
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Cyprididae