Macrocyprina Triebel, 1960

Brandão, Simone N., 2005, Three new species of Macrocyprina Triebel, 1960 (Crustacea, Ostracoda, Macrocyprididae) from Brazilian shallow marine waters, Zoosystema 27 (2), pp. 219-243 : 222

Genus Macrocyprina Triebel, 1960

TYPE SPECIES. — Macrocyprina propinqua Triebel, 1960 (original designation).

OTHER SPECIES INCLUDED. — M. africana (Müller, 1908) ; M. barbara Maddocks, 1990 ; M. belizensis Maddocks, 1990 ; M. bermudae Maddocks, 1990 ; M. bonaducei Maddocks, 1990 ; M. caiman Maddocks, 1990 ; M. captiosa Maddocks, 1990 ; M. decora ( Brady, 1866) ; M. dispar (Müller, 1908) ; M. hartmanni Maddocks, 1990 ; M. hawkae Maddocks, 1990 ; M. hortuli Maddocks, 1990 ; M. jamaicae Maddocks, 1990 ; M. maculata ( Brady, 1866) ; M. madagascarensis Maddocks, 1990 ; M. moza Maddocks, 1990 ; M. noharai Maddocks, 1990 ; M. okinawae Maddocks, 1990 ; M. parcens Maddocks, 1990 ; M. quadrimaculata Maddocks, 1990 ; M. rattrayi Whatley, Jones & Wouters, 2000 ; M. schmitti (Tressler, 1949) ; M. skinneri Kontrovitz, 1976 ; M. succinea ( Müller, 1894) ; M. swaini Maddocks, 1990 ; M. vargata Allison & Holden, 1971 ; M. youngi n. sp.; M. rocas n. sp.; M. coimbrai n. sp.

REMARKS

Maddocks (1990: 115, 119) considered Macrocyprina decora and M. maculata as nomen dubium. Although analysing part of the collections of G. S. Brady, Maddocks (1990) could not locate any specimen of both species, and as the descriptions and illustrations of Brady (1866) were too vague or puzzling, the author stated that these names should “be ignored as a nomen dubium ”.

Titterton et al. (2001), while analysing the collections of G. S. Brady, followed Maddocks (1990) in assigning these two species to the genus Macrocyprina . Otherwise, the authors stated that the right valve contained in the slide HM No. 1.12.37 is the holotype of M. decora and the left valve contained in the slide HM No. 2.06.42 is the holotype of M. maculata . In the present study, the author follows Titterton et al. (2001) while considering these two names as valid.