Typhlocypris
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Typhlocypris is a genus
of ostracod
s, which are a class of small, bivalved crustacean
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
s: the eremita species group, the caribbeana species group, the rostrata species group, and the prespica species group.
Subgenus Typhlocypris Vejdovský, 1882
Subgenus Pseudocandona Kaufmann, 1900
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 cavicolaTyphlocypris cavicolaTyphlocypris 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)
- Typhlocypris cavicola
- 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)