WoRMS taxon details
Macrocypris Brady, 1867
127684 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127684)
accepted
Genus
- Subgenus Macrocypris (Macrocypris) Brady, 1867
- Species Macrocypris (Macrocypris) minna (Baird, 1850) represented as Macrocypris minna (Baird, 1850)
- Species Macrocypris compressa Seguenza, 1883
- Species Macrocypris elongata Seguenza, 1883
- Species Macrocypris gracilis Seguenza, 1883
- Species Macrocypris gracilis (Brady, 1890)
- Species Macrocypris hsingkuoa Hu & Tao, 2008
- Species Macrocypris inflata Seguenza, 1883
- Species Macrocypris maioris Maddocks, 1990
- Species Macrocypris metuenda Maddocks, 1990
- Species Macrocypris minna (Baird, 1850)
- Species Macrocypris miranda Maddocks, 1990
- Species Macrocypris nimia Maddocks, 1990
- Species Macrocypris niuerhia Hu & Tao, 2008
- Species Macrocypris opinabilis Maddocks, 1990
- Species Macrocypris peteria Hu & Tao, 2008
- Species Macrocypris proclivis Maddocks, 1990
- Species Macrocypris sansheia Hu & Tao, 2008
- Species Macrocypris shechiia Hu & Tao, 2008
- Species Macrocypris trigona Seguenza, 1883
- Species Macrocypris yolii Hu, 1983
- Subgenus Macrocypris (Macrocyprina) Triebel, 1960 accepted as Macrocyprina Triebel, 1960 (unaccepted > superseded rank, taxon accepted at genus level)
- Species Macrocypris (Macrocyprina) marchilensis Hartmann, 1965 accepted as Macroscapha marchilensis (Hartmann, 1965) (superseded original combination)
- Subgenus Macrocypris (Macrocyprissa) Triebel, 1960 accepted as Macrocyprissa Triebel, 1960 (unaccepted > superseded rank, taxon accepted at genus level)
- Species Macrocypris adriatica Breman, 1975 accepted as Macropyxis adriatica (Breman, 1975) (superseded original combination)
- Species Macrocypris africana Müller, 1908 accepted as Macrocyprina africana (Müller, 1908) (superseded original combination)
- Species Macrocypris angusta (Sars, 1866) accepted as Macrocypria sarsi (Müller, 1912) (Junior objective synonym of Bairdia angusta Reuss, 1854; superseded combination)
- Species Macrocypris bathyalensis Hulings, 1967 accepted as Macropyxis bathyalensis (Hulings, 1967) (superseded original combination)
- Species Macrocypris canariensis Brady, 1880 accepted as Macrocypria canariensis (Brady, 1880) (superseded original combination)
- Species Macrocypris dispar Müller, 1908 accepted as Macrocyprina dispar (Müller, 1908) (superseded original combination)
- Species Macrocypris glacierae Maddocks, 1990 accepted as Macromckenziea glacierae Maddocks, 1990 (synonym)
- Species Macrocypris gracilis Chapman, 1915 accepted as Xiphichilus gracilis (Chapman, 1915) (superseded original combination)
- Species Macrocypris inaequalis Müller, 1908 accepted as Macroscapha inaequalis (Müller, 1908) (superseded original combination)
- Species Macrocypris ligustica Bonaduce, Masoli & Pugliese, 1977 accepted as Macromckenziea ligustica (Bonaduce, Masoli & Pugliese, 1977) (superseded original combination)
- Species Macrocypris orientalis Brady, 1868 accepted as Phlyctenophora orientalis (Brady, 1868) (superseded original combination)
- Species Macrocypris sarsi Müller, 1912 accepted as Macrocypria sarsi (Müller, 1912) (superseded original combination)
- Species Macrocypris schmitti Tressler, 1949 accepted as Macrocyprina schmitti (Tressler, 1949) (superseded original combination)
- Species Macrocypris setigera Brady, 1880 accepted as Tasmanocypris setigera (Brady, 1880) (superseded original combination)
- Species Macrocypris siliquosa Brady, 1886 accepted as Macromckenziea siliquosa (Brady, 1886) (superseded original combination)
- Species Macrocypris similis Brady, 1880 accepted as Macropyxis similis (Brady, 1880) (superseded original combination)
- Species Macrocypris succinea Müller, 1894 accepted as Macrocyprina succinea (Müller, 1894) (superseded original combination)
- Species Macrocypris succinea Müller, 1893 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Species Macrocypris tenuicauda Brady, 1880 accepted as Macropyxis tenuicauda (Brady, 1880) (superseded original combination)
- Species Macrocypris tumida Brady, 1880 accepted as Argilloecia tumida (Brady, 1880) (superseded original combination)
- Species Macrocypris turbida Müller, 1908 accepted as Macroscapha turbida (Müller, 1908) (superseded original combination)
- Species Macrocypris decora (Brady, 1866) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Macrocypris maculata (Brady, 1866) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Macrocypris tensa Müller, 1908 (uncertain > nomen dubium, synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Brady, G. S. (1868). A synopsis of the recent British Ostracoda. <em>The Intellectual Observer.</em> 12: 110-130. [details] 
Brandão, S.N.; Antonietto, L.S; Nery, D.G.; Pereira, J.S.; Praxedes, R.A.; Santos, S.G.; Karanovic, I. (2025). World Ostracoda Database. Macrocypris Brady, 1867. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127684 on 2025-04-01
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Nomenclature
original description
Brady, G. S. (1868). A synopsis of the recent British Ostracoda. <em>The Intellectual Observer.</em> 12: 110-130. [details]
basis of record Horne, D.J.; Bruce, A.; Whittaker, J.E. (2001). Ostracoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 244-251 (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Horne, D.J.; Bruce, A.; Whittaker, J.E. (2001). Ostracoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 244-251 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Maddocks, R. F. (1990). Living and fossil Macrocyprididae (Ostracoda). <em>University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions Monograph.</em> No 2: 1-285. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
