African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Propontocypris Sylvester-Bradley, 1947

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Propontocypris Sylvester-Bradley, 1947

Propontocypris trigonella SENSU Sars_1923_An account of the Crustacea of Norway_Ostracoda_Parts III u IV.png

AphiaID

127689 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127689)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Propontocypris trigonella (Sars, 1866)

Parent

Pontocyprididae Müller, 1894

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Subgenus Propontocypris (Propontocypris) Sylvester-Bradley, 1947
1. Species Propontocypris (Propontocypris) attenuata (Brady, 1868) represented as Propontocypris attenuata (Brady, 1868)
2. Species Propontocypris (Propontocypris) trigonella (Sars, 1866) Sylvester-Bradley, 1947 represented as Propontocypris trigonella (Sars, 1866)
Species Propontocypris attenuata (Brady, 1868)
Species Propontocypris trigonella (Sars, 1866)
Subgenus Propontocypris (Ekpontocypris) Maddocks, 1969 accepted as Ekpontocypris Maddocks, 1969 (taxon accepted at genus level)
1. Species Propontocypris (Ekpontocypris) davisoni (Brady, 1868)

Environment

marine, brackish, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Sylvester-Bradley, P.C. (1946). Some ostracod genotypes. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 13(99):192-199., available online at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00222934608654541 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

Brandão, S. N.; Antonietto, L. S.; Carvalho, A. B. G. D.; Pereira, J. S.; Pereira, S. G. G.; Praxedes, R. A.; Sá, H. A. B.; Sabater, L. M. (2025). World Ostracoda Database. Propontocypris Sylvester-Bradley, 1947. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127689 on 2026-08-04

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Propontocypris Sylvester-Bradley, 1947. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127689 on 2026-08-04

Taxonomic edit history

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Horne, David

2014-08-13 09:29:31Z

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Brandão, Simone Nunes

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original description Sylvester-Bradley, P.C. (1946). Some ostracod genotypes. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 13(99):192-199., available online at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00222934608654541 [details] Available for editors

basis of record Horne, D.J.; Bruce, A.; Whittaker, J.E. (2001). Ostracoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 244-251 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198573562.001.0001 [details] Available for editors

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Propontocypris trigonella SENSU Sars_1923_An account of the Crustacea of Norway_Ostracoda_Parts III u IV.png

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Propontocypris trigonella SENSU Athersuch_1982_On Propontocypris trigonella

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