Amphicypris nobilis Sars, 1901

Sabater, Lara Milena, Monferran, Mateo Daniel, Higuti, Janet & Pérez, Alejandra Patricia, 2023, An annotated checklist of recent non-marine Ostracoda (Crustacea) from Argentina, South America, Zootaxa 5336 (2), pp. 151-178 : 165-166

45- Amphicypris nobilis Sars, 1901

Global distribution: NA, NT, PA.

Argentinian distribution: Mendoza, Río Negro, Santa Cruz.

Ecology: This species was found in temporary and permanent springs, vegetated pools and ponds. It was recorded in wide altitude range (783–1161 m a.s.l.), with cold (7–12°C) and alkaline waters (pH: 7.9–9.10), with electrical conductivity values ranging from 75 to 82 μS /cm.

Cited by: Sars (1901); Daday (1902); Mehes (1914); Martens & Behen (1994); Schwalb et al. (2002); Cusminsky et al. (2005); Coviaga et al. (2018a).

Remarks: Daday (1902) described this species as Herpetocypris obliqua . This species has been previously included in the Eucypridinae subfamily, however, Meisch et al. (2019) mentioned this genus in an “uncertain subfamily”.