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Occultocythereis angusta van den Bold, 1963

ostracodo, Ostracod

Found in subterranean anchialine salt and brackish waters

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Ostracoda

Order
Ord. Ostracoda indet.

Family
Cypridinidae

Genus
Occultocythereis

Species
angusta

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Native

References

  • Peck, S.B. (1994) Diversity and zoogeography of the non-oceanic Crustacea of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador (excluding terrestrial Isopoda). Canadian Journal of Zoology 72: 54-69.

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