A subjective global checklist of the extant non-marine Ostracoda (Crustacea)
Author
Meisch, Claude
Author
Smith, Robin J.
Author
Martens, Koen
text
European Journal of Taxonomy
2019
2019-01-25
492
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journal article
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10.5852/ejt.2019.492
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Heterocypris
Claus, 1892
and
Manuelcypris
Yoo
et al.
, 2017
The diagnosis of
Manuelcypris
Yoo
et al.
, 2017
is broad, and species have been assigned to this genus inconsistently. For instance, both
Heterocypris punctata
Keyser, 1975
and
Heterocypris antillensis
Broodbakker, 1982
, transferred to
Manuelcypris
by
Yoo
et al.
(
2017
)
, have setae on the first segment (protopodite) of the sixth limb (
Broodbakker
1982
: 220
, 223) and therefore do not fit the diagnosis of
Manuelcypris
. Other species in the genus appear to have little to unite them morphologically and the molecular analysis of
Yoo
et al.
(
2017
)
does not at all support the validity of the genus. In consequence, the genus is not used here, and we consider it a synonym of
Heterocypris
. Existing species are returned to their previous genus,
Heterocypris
, and the new species in
Yoo
et al.
(
2017
)
are here transferred from
Manuelcypris
to
Heterocypris
(see New combinations and transfers section for more details).