Eucypris mareotica ( Fischer, 1855 )

Rasouli, Hamidreza, Scharf, Burkhard, Meisch, Claude & Aygen, Cem, 2016, An updated checklist of the Recent non-marine Ostracoda (Crustacea) of Iran, with a redescription of Eucypris mareotica (Fischer, 1855), Zootaxa 4154 (3), pp. 273-292 : 275-276

Redescription of Eucypris mareotica ( Fischer, 1855)

Class Ostracoda Latreille, 1802

Subclass Podocopa G. O. Sars, 1866 Order Podocopida G. O. Sars, 1866 Suborder Cypridocopina Jones, 1901 Superfamily Cypridoidea Baird, 1845 Family Cyprididae Baird, 1845

Subfamily Eucypridinae Bronshtein, 1947 Genus Eucypris Vávra, 1891

Diagnosis (slightly modified from Meisch 2000). Carapace approximately elliptical in lateral view. External valve surface anteriorly usually with wart-like elevations (porenwarzen). Valve margins smooth, without rows of marginal pustules. Ventral margin with rounded expansion in mouth area. Calcareous inner lamella of both valves broad; anterior vestibulum c. 12 times as long as W of fused zone. Selvage, if present, peripheral. LV overlaps RV ventrally. Maxillular palp: distal segment cylindrical and curved, c. twice as long as basally broad. Walking leg: d1- seta of protopod c. three times as long as d2. Chitinous attachment of UR proximally simply branched, without Triebel loop.

Distribution. Worldwide. Number of extant species: 65 ( Martens & Savatenalinton 2011).

TABLE Ι. List of sampleđ localities, with environmental đata anđ species collecteđ in 2011. NM — not measuređ.