Typhlocypris
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Typhlocypris is a genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of ostracod
Ostracod
Ostracoda is a class of the Crustacea, sometimes known as the seed shrimp because of their appearance. Some 65,000 species have been identified, grouped into several orders....

s, which are a class of small, bivalved crustacean
Crustacean
Crustaceans form a very large group of arthropods, usually treated as a subphylum, which includes such familiar animals as crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill and barnacles. The 50,000 described species range in size from Stygotantulus stocki at , to the Japanese spider crab with a leg span...

s. It includes Pseudocandona, formerly recognised as a separate genus, as one of its two constituent subgenera. The nominate subgenus is divided into four species group
Species group
A species group is an informal taxonomic rank into which an assemblage of closely related species within a genus are grouped because of their morphological similarities and their identity as a biological unit with a single monophyletic origin.-Use:...

s: the eremita species group, the caribbeana species group, the rostrata species group, and the prespica species group.

Subgenus Typhlocypris Vejdovský, 1882
  • eremita group
    • Typhlocypris cavicola
      Typhlocypris cavicola
      Typhlocypris cavicola is a species of ostracod crustacean in the family Candonidae. It is endemic to Slovenia, where it is only known from Krška Jama....

      (Klie, 1935)
    • Typhlocypris dispar (Hartmann, 1964)
    • Typhlocypris eremita (Vejdovský, 1882)
    • Typhlocypris illiesi (McKenzie, 1972)
    • Typhlocypris pescei Karanovic, 2005
    • Typhlocypris puteana (Klie, 1931)
    • Typhlocypris skadari Karanovic, 2005
    • Typhlocypris slavei (Petkovski, 1969)
    • Typhlocypris trigonella (Klie, 1931)
    • Typhlocypris zschokkei (Wolf, 1919)

  • caribbeana group
    • Typhlocypris annae (Furtos, 1935)
    • Typhlocypris antiliana (Broodbakker, 1983)
    • Typhlocypris arcuata (Klie, 1932)
    • Typhlocypris capsularis (Klie, 1942)
    • Typhlocypris caribbeana (Broodbakker, 1983)
    • Typhlocypris cubensis (Broodbakker, 1983)
    • Typhlocypris elliptica (Furtos, 1933)
    • Typhlocypris exilis (Furtos, 1933)
    • Typhlocypris fluviatilis (Hoff, 1942)
    • Typhlocypris geratsi (Broodbakker, 1983)
    • Typhlocypris jeaneli (Klie, 1931)
    • Typhlocypris marengoensis (Klie, 1931)
    • Typhlocypris pedropalensis (Méhes, 1913)
    • Typhlocypris pumilis (Würding & Pinto, 1999)
    • Typhlocypris punctata (Furtos, 1933)
    • Typhlocypris semicognita (Schäffer, 1934)
    • Typhlocypris stagnalis (Sars, 1890)

  • rostrata group
    • Typhlocypris hartwigi (G. W. Müller, 1900)
    • Typhlocypris lobipes (Hartwig, 1900)
    • Typhlocypris marchica (Hartwig, 1899)
    • Typhlocypris marimotoi (McKenzie, 1972)
    • Typhlocypris rostrata (Brady & Norman, 1889)
    • Typhlocypris sarsi (Hartwig, 1899)

  • prespica group
    • Typhlocypris prespica (Petkovski, 1959)


Subgenus Pseudocandona Kaufmann, 1900
  • Typhlocypris albicans (Brady, 1864)
  • Typhlocypris compressa (Koch, 1838)
  • Typhlocypris insculpta (G. W. Müller, 1900)
  • Typhlocypris pratensis (Hartwig, 1901)
  • Typhlocypris regisnikolai (Karanovic & Petkovski, 1999)
  • Typhlocypris sucki (Hartwig, 1901)
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