WoRMS taxon details
Gigantocypris Müller, 1895
127522 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127522)
accepted
Genus
- Species Gigantocypris agassizi Müller, 1895
- Species Gigantocypris australis Poulsen, 1962
- Species Gigantocypris danae Poulsen, 1962
- Species Gigantocypris dracontovalis Cannon, 1940
- Species Gigantocypris muelleri Skogsberg, 1920
- Species Gigantocypris pellucida Müller, 1895
- Species Gigantocypris agassizii Müller, 1895 accepted as Gigantocypris agassizi Müller, 1895 (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Mueller, G. W. (1895). Reports on the dreging operations off the west coast of central America to the Galapagos to the west coast of Mexico, and in the Gulf of California, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, carried on by the U.S. Fish Commission streamer “Albatross”, during 1891. <em>In: U. S. F. C. Marshall McDonald (Ed), Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Printed for the Museum, Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A.</em> 155–169. [details] 
Brandão, S.N.; Antonietto, L.S; Nery, D.G.; Pereira, J.S.; Praxedes, R.A.; Santos, S.G.; Karanovic, I. (2025). World Ostracoda Database. Gigantocypris Müller, 1895. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127522 on 2025-04-02
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Nomenclature
original description
Mueller, G. W. (1895). Reports on the dreging operations off the west coast of central America to the Galapagos to the west coast of Mexico, and in the Gulf of California, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, carried on by the U.S. Fish Commission streamer “Albatross”, during 1891. <em>In: U. S. F. C. Marshall McDonald (Ed), Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Printed for the Museum, Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A.</em> 155–169. [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]
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]
Other
additional source
Blachowiak-Samolyk, K. & M. Angel. An atlas of Southern Ocean planctonic ostracods. <em>http://ocean.iopan.gda.pl/ostracoda/index.php.</em> , available online at http://ocean.iopan.gda.pl/ostracoda/index.php [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
