MSBIAS taxon details
Cythere Müller, 1785
127589 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127589)
accepted
Genus
- Species Cythere acuta Baird, 1850
- Species Cythere lutea Müller, 1785
- Species Cythere avena Norman, 1865 accepted as Pontocypris avena (Norman, 1865) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Cythere gibbosa Brady & Robertson, 1889 accepted as Elofsonia baltica (Hirschmann, 1909) (name preocupied)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Müller, O.F. (1785). Entomostraca seu Insecta Testacea, quae in aquis Daniae et Norvegiae reperit, descripsit et iconibus illustravit Otho Fridericus Müller. [The Entomostraca or Insecta Testacea, which he finds in the waters of Denmark and Norway, were described and illustrated by icons by Otho Friedrich Müller.]. <em>F.W. Thiele, Lipsiae & Havniae.</em> 134 pp., index, pls. 1-21., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.14414 [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. (2026). World Ostracoda Database. Cythere Müller, 1785. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026) Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127589 on 2026-09-09
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Cythere Müller, 1785. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127589 on 2026-09-09
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2006-09-11 06:44:08Z
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Martinez, Olga
original description
Müller, O.F. (1785). Entomostraca seu Insecta Testacea, quae in aquis Daniae et Norvegiae reperit, descripsit et iconibus illustravit Otho Fridericus Müller. [The Entomostraca or Insecta Testacea, which he finds in the waters of Denmark and Norway, were described and illustrated by icons by Otho Friedrich Müller.]. <em>F.W. Thiele, Lipsiae & Havniae.</em> 134 pp., index, pls. 1-21., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.14414 [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]
subsequent type designation Brady, G. S. & Norman, A. M. (1889). A monograph of the marine and freshwater Ostracoda of the North Atlantic and of north western Europe. Section I. Podocopa. <em>Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society.</em> 4(2): 63-270., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/51466
page(s): 125; note: Apud Morkhoven (1963. Post-Paleoxoic Ostracoda). [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]
subsequent type designation Brady, G. S. & Norman, A. M. (1889). A monograph of the marine and freshwater Ostracoda of the North Atlantic and of north western Europe. Section I. Podocopa. <em>Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society.</em> 4(2): 63-270., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/51466
page(s): 125; note: Apud Morkhoven (1963. Post-Paleoxoic Ostracoda). [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
