World Register of Deep-Sea species - Pontocypria helenae Maddocks, 1968

Deep-Sea taxon details

Pontocypria helenae Maddocks, 1968

AphiaID

391433 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:391433)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Pontocypria Müller, 1894

Original name

Pontocypria helenae Maddocks, 1968

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Maddocks, R. F. (1968). Commensal and free-living species of Pontocypria Mueller 1894 (Ostracoda, Pontocyprididae) from the Indian and southern oceans. <em>Crustaceana.</em> 15: 120-136., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/156854068x00962 [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. Pontocypria helenae Maddocks, 1968. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=391433 on 2026-07-12

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Pontocypria helenae Maddocks, 1968. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=391433 on 2026-07-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-04-15 08:01:52Z

created

De Broyer, Claude

2010-03-02 08:34:02Z

changed

Kihara, Terue Cristina

2010-03-02 08:47:06Z

checked

Brandão, Simone Nunes

2010-08-16 16:59:37Z

changed

Brandão, Simone Nunes

2014-08-13 09:29:31Z

changed

Brandão, Simone Nunes

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original description Maddocks, R. F. (1968). Commensal and free-living species of Pontocypria Mueller 1894 (Ostracoda, Pontocyprididae) from the Indian and southern oceans. <em>Crustaceana.</em> 15: 120-136., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/156854068x00962 [details] Available for editors

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

basis of record Hartmann G. (1997). Antarktische und subantarktische Podocopa (Ostracoda). Synopses of the Antarctic Benthos. Koeltz Scientific Books, Koenigstein, 355. [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (12 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 119792)