WoRMS taxon details
Macrocyprididae Müller, 1912
127511 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127511)
accepted
Family
- Genus Macrocypria Sars, 1923
- Genus Macrocyprina Triebel, 1960
- Genus Macrocypris Brady, 1867
- Genus Macrocyprissa Triebel, 1960
- Genus Macromckenziea Maddocks, 1990
- Genus Macropyxis Maddocks, 1990
- Genus Macrosarisa Maddocks, 1990
- Genus Macroscapha Maddocks, 1990
- Genus Yemanja Brandão, 2010
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Müller, G.W. (1912). Crustacea: Ostracoda. <em>Das Tierreich.</em> 31:1–434. [details] 
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. Macrocyprididae Müller, 1912. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127511 on 2025-07-13
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Nomenclature
original description
Müller, G.W. (1912). Crustacea: Ostracoda. <em>Das Tierreich.</em> 31:1–434. [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]
Taxonomy
redescription
Maddocks, R. F. (1990). Living and fossil Macrocyprididae (Ostracoda). <em>University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions Monograph.</em> No 2: 1-285. [details]
Other
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 
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
