CYPRIDIDAE Baird

Ma, Shunxin & Yu, Na, 2018, Freshwater ostracods (Crustacea) from Tiantong National Forest Park and Dongqian Lake, eastern China, with descriptions of two new species, Journal of Natural History 52 (27 - 28), pp. 1825-1868 : 1841

Family CYPRIDIDAE Baird

Subfamily CYPRETTINAE Hartmann

Genus Cypretta Vávra

Cypretta turgida ( Sars, 1896)

( Figure 10a–c )

Cypridopsis turgida sp. nov. Sars, 1896: 62.

Cypretta turgida comb. nov. Daday, 1900: 320.

Material examined

Three females (ECNU20140907/TT07, 10; ECNU20150418/TT50) dissected.

Dimensions

(Female, n = 3) Length, 0.58–0.67 mm; height, 0.44–0.46 mm; width, 0.45–0.49 mm.

Brief description

Female, carapace white or green, covered with setae and pits. In dorsal view, posterior end wider than the anterior. RV overlapping LV both anteriorly and ventrally. Anterior septa clearly present. Natatory setae on A2 exceeding tips of terminal claws. One of two large bristles on third masticatory lobe of Mx1 slightly serrated. L6 five-segmented, two setae d present on basal segment. UR stem long, seta Sp small, claw Gp equalling onehalf length of claw Ga. UR attachment long, without any branch.

Distribution

This species, inhabiting small bodies of water, is found in the Pacific Region and Oceanic Islands, the Oriental, Australasian and Holarctic Regions, such as Australia ( Henry 1923; McKenzie 1966), New Zealand ( Chapman 1963), Europe ( Rossi et al. 2003), Africa ( Sars 1924), Asia ( Karuthapandi et al. 2014) and America ( Furtos 1936). In China, C. turgida has been reported from southeastern China, such as Fujian ( Sars 1903) and Shanghai ( Yao et al. 2016).

Figures

Figure 10. (a–c) Cypretta turgida (Sars, 1896). Female. (a) ECNU20140907/TT0701, external view of LV; (b) ECNU20140907/TT07, internal view of RV; (c) ECNU20140907/TT0702, dorsal view. (d–f) Bradleycypris vittata (Sars, 1903). Female. (d) ECNU20140914/TT19, internal view of LV; (e) ECNU20140914/TT1901, dorsal view; (f) ECNU20140914/TT1902, oblique posterior view. Scale bars: 100 μm.