Ostracoda taxon details
Abyssocythere Benson, 1971
459775 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:459775)
accepted
Genus
- Species Abyssocythere atlantica Benson, 1971
- Species Abyssocythere australis Benson, 1971
- Species Abyssocythere bensoni Brandão, Stuhlmann, Vital & Brandt, 2016
- Species Abyssocythere bilobata Colin, 1987 †
- Species Abyssocythere braziliensis Benson, 1983
- Species Abyssocythere carpathica Pokorny, 1975 †
- Species Abyssocythere casca Benson, 1971
- Species Abyssocythere contramaestrensis (Lübimova & Sanchez, 1974) †
- Species Abyssocythere diagrenona (Guernet, 1985) †
- Species Abyssocythere japonica Benson, 1971
- Species Abyssocythere pannucea Benson, 1971
- Species Abyssocythere paratrinidadensis Boomer, 1999 †
- Species Abyssocythere regalis Zhao, 1988
- Species Abyssocythere scotti Yasuhara, Hunt, Okahashi & Brandão, 2015 †
- Species Abyssocythere antarctica (Neale, 1967) accepted as Austrotrachyleberis antarctica (Neale, 1967) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Abyssocythere bilobatus Colin, 1987 † accepted as Abyssocythere bilobata Colin, 1987 † (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling)
- Species Abyssocythere cenozoica (Benson, 1977) † accepted as Paleoabyssocythere cenozoica Benson, 1977 † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Abyssocythere sulcatoperforata (Brady, 1880) accepted as Abyssocythereis sulcatoperforata (Brady, 1880) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Abyssocythere trinidadensis (Bold, 1957) † accepted as Paleoabyssocythere trinidadensis (Bold, 1957) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Abyssocythere squalidentata (Brady, 1880) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Benson, R. H. (1971). A new Cenozoic deep-sea genus <i>Abyssocythere</i> (Crustacea, Ostracoda, Trachyleberididae) with descriptions of five new species. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology.</em> 7: 1-25. [details] Available for editors 
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Brandão, S. N.; Antonietto, L. S.; Pereira, J. S.; Pereira, S. G. G.; Sá, H. A. B.; Praxedes, R. A.; Sabater, L. M., Santos, S.G.; Karanovic, I. (2025). World Ostracoda Database. Abyssocythere Benson, 1971. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/ostracoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=459775 on 2025-07-12
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Benson, R. H. (1971). A new Cenozoic deep-sea genus <i>Abyssocythere</i> (Crustacea, Ostracoda, Trachyleberididae) with descriptions of five new species. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology.</em> 7: 1-25. [details] Available for editors [request]
taxonomy source Hartmann, G. & Puri, H.S. (1974). Summary of neontological and paleontological classification of Ostracoda. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 70:7-73. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Brandão, S. N.; Stuhlmann, A.; Vital, H.; Brandt, A. (2016). Biogeography of <i>Abyssocythere</i> and <i>Dutoitella</i> (Ostracoda), with descriptions of three new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4139(3): 391., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4139.3.4 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]taxonomy source Hartmann, G. & Puri, H.S. (1974). Summary of neontological and paleontological classification of Ostracoda. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 70:7-73. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Brandão, S. N.; Stuhlmann, A.; Vital, H.; Brandt, A. (2016). Biogeography of <i>Abyssocythere</i> and <i>Dutoitella</i> (Ostracoda), with descriptions of three new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4139(3): 391., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4139.3.4 [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
