RAMS taxon details
Macroscapha Maddocks, 1990
- Species Macroscapha cactus Brandão, 2010
- Species Macroscapha falcis Brandão, 2010
- Species Macroscapha heroica Maddocks, 1990
- Species Macroscapha inaequalis (Müller, 1908)
- Species Macroscapha inaequata Maddocks, 1990
- Species Macroscapha opaca Maddocks, 1990
- Species Macroscapha procera Jellinek & Swanson, 2003
- Species Macroscapha rehmi Brandão, 2010
- Species Macroscapha scotia Brandão, 2010
- Species Macroscapha solecavai Brandão, 2010
- Species Macroscapha subhemispherica Brandão, 2010
- Species Macroscapha turbida (Müller, 1908)
- Species Macroscapha walterae Brandão, 2010
- Species Macroscapha tensa (Müller, 1908) (uncertain > nomen dubium, This species was poorly described (as Macrocypris tensa) by Müller (1908), lectotype poorly preserved (only one valve and a few limbs, which are not enough for species level identification in this genus))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Maddocks, R. F. (1990). Living and fossil Macrocyprididae (Ostracoda). <em>University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions Monograph.</em> No 2: 1-285. [details]
Brandão, S.N.; Antonietto, L.S; Nery, D.G.; Pereira, J.S.; Praxedes, R.A.; Santos, S.G.; Karanovic, I. (2024). World Ostracoda Database. Macroscapha Maddocks, 1990. Accessed through: De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2024) Register of Antarctic Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/rams/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=390999 on 2025-04-03
De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2025). Register of Antarctic Marine Species. Macroscapha Maddocks, 1990. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/rams/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=390999 on 2025-04-03
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Maddocks, R. F. (1990). Living and fossil Macrocyprididae (Ostracoda). <em>University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions Monograph.</em> No 2: 1-285. [details]
additional source Brandão, S.N. (2010) Macrocyprididae (Ostracoda) from the Southern Ocean: taxonomic revision, macroecological patterns, and biogeographical implications. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 159, 567–672., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00624.x [details] Available for editors
additional source Brandão, S.N. (2010) Macrocyprididae (Ostracoda) from the Southern Ocean: taxonomic revision, macroecological patterns, and biogeographical implications. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 159, 567–672., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00624.x [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
