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

Pontocypris rara (Müller, 1894)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pontocypris*	Sars, 1866	accepted genus name
*Erythrocypris*	Müller, 1894	junior homonym

Species group names

*Erythrocypris rara*	Müller, 1894	synonym

Literature

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
new combination reference	Maddocks, R. F. (1969). Recent ostracodes of the Family Pontocyprididae chiefly from the Indian Ocean. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 7: 1-56.

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 rara (Müller, 1894). 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:128445