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Namibcypris

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Extinct genus of seed shrimps

Namibcypris
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Conservation status

Extinct  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Ostracoda
Order: Podocopida
Family: Candonidae
Genus: †Namibcypris
Martens, 1992
Species: †N. costata
Binomial name
†Namibcypris costata
Martens, 1992

Namibcypris costata is an extinct species of ostracod crustaceans in the family Candonidae, possibly endemic to the southern Kaokoveld in northern Namibia.

References

  1. ^ Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group (1996). "Namibcypris costata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T14316A4431325. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T14316A4431325.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. K. Martens (1992). "On Namibcypris costata n. gen, n. sp. (Crustacea, Ostracoda, Candoninae) from a spring in northern Namibia, with the description of a new tribe and a discussion on the classification of the Podocopina". Stygologia. 7: 27–42.
Taxon identifiers
Namibcypris
Namibcypris costata


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