WoRMS name details
Macrocyprina tensa (Müller, 1908)
463164 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:463164)
uncertain > nomen dubium (poorly described (as Macrocypris tensa) by Mueller (1908), lectotype poorly preserved (only one valve and a few limbs, which are not enough for species level identification))
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Macrocypris tensa Müller, 1908) Müller, G.W., 1908. Die Ostrakoden der Deutschen Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903. Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903 im Auftrage des Reichsamtes des Innern 2(4) :51-182. [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. Macrocyprina tensa (Müller, 1908). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=463164 on 2025-04-06
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Macrocypris tensa Müller, 1908) Müller, G.W., 1908. Die Ostrakoden der Deutschen Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903. Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903 im Auftrage des Reichsamtes des Innern 2(4) :51-182. [details]
new combination reference Maddocks, R F. (1979). The "dentiform corner" of Macrocypris and some other peculiar and pathological structures observed in Macrocyprididae. Proc.7th Internat.Symp.Ostracoda, Belgrad, 247-248 [details]
new combination reference Maddocks, R F. (1979). The "dentiform corner" of Macrocypris and some other peculiar and pathological structures observed in Macrocyprididae. Proc.7th Internat.Symp.Ostracoda, Belgrad, 247-248 [details]
Taxonomy
status 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 
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
