Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Oligostraca > Class Ostracoda > Subclass Podocopa > Order Podocopida > Suborder Cypridocopina > Superfamily Pontocypridoidea > Family Pontocyprididae

Pontocypris Sars, 1866

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Erythrocypris*	Müller, 1894	junior homonym

Children

Pontocypris acuminata (Müller, 1894)
Pontocypris acupunctata Brady, 1867
Pontocypris acuta Bonaduce, Ciampo & Masoli, 1976
Pontocypris avena (Norman, 1865)
Pontocypris discrepans (Müller, 1894)
Pontocypris frequens (Müller, 1894)
Pontocypris hispida Sars, 1866
Pontocypris obtusa (Müller, 1894)
Pontocypris pallida (Müller, 1894)
Pontocypris rara (Müller, 1894)

Literature

original description	Sars, G.O. (1866). Oversigt af Norges marine ostracoder. [Overview of Norway's marine ostracods]. Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania. 1865(1):1-130.
basis of record	Horne, D.J.; Bruce, A.; Whittaker, J.E. (2001). Ostracoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 244-251
additional source	Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp.

Genbank

Citation

Brandão, S.N.; Antonietto, L.S; Nery, D.G.; Pereira, J.S.; Praxedes, R.A.; Santos, S.G.; Karanovic, I. (2025). World Ostracoda Database. Pontocypris Sars, 1866. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127688