Deep-Sea taxon details
Legitimocythere acanthoderma (Brady, 1880)
462644 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:462644)
accepted
Species
Cythere acanthoderma Brady, 1880 · unaccepted > superseded combination (superseded original combination)
Thalassocythere acanthoderma (Brady, 1880) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Cythere acanthoderma Brady, 1880) Brady, G. S. (1880). Report on the Ostracoda dredged by H.M.S. Challenger during the Years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 1 (part 3): 1-184, pl. 1-45., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-03/README.htm [details] 
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. Legitimocythere acanthoderma (Brady, 1880). 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=462644 on 2026-04-03
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Legitimocythere acanthoderma (Brady, 1880). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=462644 on 2026-04-03
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(of Cythere acanthoderma Brady, 1880) Brady, G. S. (1880). Report on the Ostracoda dredged by H.M.S. Challenger during the Years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 1 (part 3): 1-184, pl. 1-45., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-03/README.htm [details]
additional source Alvarez Zarikian, C A. (2009). Data report: late Quaternary ostracodes at IODP Site U1314 (North Atlantic Ocean). <em>In: Channell Kanamatsu, T., Sato, T., Stein, R., Alvarez Zarikian, C.A., Malone, M.J., and the Expedition 303/306 Scientists, J E T (ed.). Proceedings of the IODP, 303/306: College Station, TX (Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Management International,.</em> 303/306, 1-13., available online at https://doi.org/10.2204/iodp.proc.303306.213.2009 [details] Available for editors
redescription Brandão, S. N. (2013). Challenging cosmopolitanism in the deep-sea - The case of “<i>Cythere acanthoderma</i> Brady, 1880” (Crustacea, Ostracoda). <em>Revue de Micropaléontologie.</em> 56: 2-19., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revmic.2012.11.001 [details] Available for editors
new combination reference Coles, G.; Whatley, R. C. (1989). New Palaeocene to Miocene genera and species of Ostracoda from DSDP sites in. <em>the North Atlantic. Revista Espanola de Micropaleontologia.</em> 21: 81-124. [details] Available for editors
subsequent type designation Puri, H. S.; Hulings, N. C. (1976). Designation of lectotypes of some ostracods from the Challenger expedition. <em>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology.</em> 29: 251-315., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.6924 [details] Available for editors
additional source Alvarez Zarikian, C A. (2009). Data report: late Quaternary ostracodes at IODP Site U1314 (North Atlantic Ocean). <em>In: Channell Kanamatsu, T., Sato, T., Stein, R., Alvarez Zarikian, C.A., Malone, M.J., and the Expedition 303/306 Scientists, J E T (ed.). Proceedings of the IODP, 303/306: College Station, TX (Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Management International,.</em> 303/306, 1-13., available online at https://doi.org/10.2204/iodp.proc.303306.213.2009 [details] Available for editors
redescription Brandão, S. N. (2013). Challenging cosmopolitanism in the deep-sea - The case of “<i>Cythere acanthoderma</i> Brady, 1880” (Crustacea, Ostracoda). <em>Revue de Micropaléontologie.</em> 56: 2-19., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revmic.2012.11.001 [details] Available for editors
new combination reference Coles, G.; Whatley, R. C. (1989). New Palaeocene to Miocene genera and species of Ostracoda from DSDP sites in. <em>the North Atlantic. Revista Espanola de Micropaleontologia.</em> 21: 81-124. [details] Available for editors
subsequent type designation Puri, H. S.; Hulings, N. C. (1976). Designation of lectotypes of some ostracods from the Challenger expedition. <em>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology.</em> 29: 251-315., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.6924 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
