African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Propontocypris attenuata (Brady, 1868)

AfReMaS taxon details

Propontocypris attenuata (Brady, 1868)

AphiaID

460452 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:460452)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Propontocypris Sylvester-Bradley, 1947

Original name

Pontocypris attenuata Brady, 1868

Synonymised names

Pontocypris attenuata Brady, 1868 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)

Propontocypris (Propontocypris) attenuata (Brady, 1868) · alternative representation

Environment

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

Original description

(of Pontocypris attenuata Brady, 1868) Brady, G. S. (1868). Contributions to the study of the Entomostraca II. Marine Ostracoda from the Mauritius. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 4(2): 178-184. [details]

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 attenuata (Brady, 1868). 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://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=460452 on 2026-07-10

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 attenuata (Brady, 1868). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=460452 on 2026-07-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-02-28 09:26:24Z

created

Kihara, Terue Cristina

2010-03-01 10:26:02Z

checked

Brandão, Simone Nunes

2010-03-02 08:34:02Z

changed

Kihara, Terue Cristina

2010-03-02 08:47:06Z

checked

Brandão, Simone Nunes

2013-06-30 21:17:40Z

changed

Brandão, Simone Nunes

2014-08-13 08:10:14Z

changed

Brandão, Simone Nunes

2014-08-13 09:29:31Z

changed

Brandão, Simone Nunes

2014-08-13 14:00:08Z

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Brandão, Simone Nunes

2016-07-20 22:33:57Z

changed

Brandão, Simone Nunes

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original description (of Pontocypris attenuata Brady, 1868) Brady, G. S. (1868). Contributions to the study of the Entomostraca II. Marine Ostracoda from the Mauritius. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 4(2): 178-184. [details]

basis of record Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils. pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.). [details] Available for editors

new combination reference Maddocks, R. F. (1969). Recent ostracodes of the Family Pontocyprididae chiefly from the Indian Ocean. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 7: 1-56., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.7 [details] Available for editors

Definitions

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Pontocypris attenuata Brady, 1868)