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Gigantocypris  Skogsberg, 1920
Taxonomic Serial No.: 684182

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Gigantocypris Müller, 1895
  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: unknown   
  Latest Record Review: 2004   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumCrustacea Brünnich, 1772 – crustacés, crustáceo, crustaceans  
                   SuperclassOligostraca   
                      ClassOstracoda Latreille, 1802 – ostracods, ostracodes  
                         SubclassMyodocopa Sars, 1866 – mystacocarids  
                            OrderMyodocopida Sars, 1866  
                               SuborderMyodocopina Sars, 1866  
                                  SuperfamilyCypridinoidea Baird, 1850  
                                     FamilyCypridinidae Baird, 1850  
                                        GenusGigantocypris Skogsberg, 1920  
    Direct Children:  
                                           SpeciesGigantocypris agassizii G. W. Müller, 1895  
                                           SpeciesGigantocypris australis Poulsen, 1962  
                                           SpeciesGigantocypris danae Poulsen, 1962  
                                           SpeciesGigantocypris dracontovalis Cannon, 1940  
                                           SpeciesGigantocypris muelleri Skogsberg, 1920  
                                           SpeciesGigantocypris pellucida G. W. Müller, 1895  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Martin Angel   
  Notes: Southampton Oceanography Centre, Empress Dock, Southampton SO14 3ZH, United Kingdom   
  Reference for: Gigantocypris    
       
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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Poulsen, Erik M.   
  Publication Date: 1962   
  Article/Chapter Title: Ostracoda-Myodocopa: Part I: Cypridiniformes-Cypridinidae   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Dana-Report, vol. 10, no. 57   
  Page(s): 414   
  Publisher: Andr. Fred. Høst and Son   
  Publication Place: Copenhagen, Denmark   
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  Reference for: Gigantocypris   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: According to Martin Angel (personal communication, 2004), Gigantocypris Müller, 1895 was a nomen nudum, and Skogsberg gave the first proper generic description in 1920  
 

 

    


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