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Meisch, C.; Smith, R.J. & Martens, K. (2019). A subjective global checklist of the extant non-marine Ostracoda (Crustacea). European Journal of Taxonomy. 492:1-135.
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10.5852/ejt.2019.492 [view]
Meisch, C.; Smith, R.J. & Martens, K.
2019
A subjective global checklist of the extant non-marine Ostracoda (Crustacea)
European Journal of Taxonomy
492:1-135
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We present an updated, subjective list of the extant, non-marine ostracod genera and species of the world, with their distributions in the major zoogeographical regions, as well as a list of the genera in their present hierarchical taxonomic positions. The list includes all taxa described and taxonomic alterations made up to 1 July 2018. Taxonomic changes include 17 new combinations, 5 new names, 1 emended specific name and 11 new synonymies (1 tribe, 4 genera, 6 species). Taking into account the recognized synonymies, there are presently 2330 subjective species of non-marine ostracods in 270 genera. The most diverse family in non-marine habitats is the Cyprididae, comprising 43.2% of all species, followed by the Candonidae (29.0%), Entocytheridae (9.1%) and the Limnocytheridae (7.0%). An additional 13 families comprise the remaining 11.8% of described species. The Palaearctic zoogeographical region has the greatest number of described species (799), followed by the Afrotropical region with 453 species and the Nearctic region with 439 species. The Australasian and Neotropical regions each have 328 and 333 recorded species, respectively, while the Oriental region has 271. The vast majority of non-marine ostracods (89.8%) are endemic to one zoogeographical region, while only six species are found in six or more regions. We also present an additional list with ‘uncertain species’, which have neither been redescribed nor re-assessed since 1912, and which are excluded from the main list; a list of taxonomic changes presented in the present paper; a table with the number of species and % per family; and a table with numbers of new species described in the 20-year period between 1998 and 2017 per zoogeographical region. Two figures visualize the total number of species and endemic species per zoogeographical region, and the numbers of new species descriptions per decade for all families and the three largest families since 1770, respectively.
Fauna and Flora, Faunistic inventories, Checklists, Catalogues
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Candona hipolitensis Tressler, 1954 accepted as Fabaeformiscandona obtusa (Bronstein, 1947) (basis of record)
Candona nyensis Gutentag & Benson, 1962 accepted as Fabaeformiscandona obtusa (Bronstein, 1947) (basis of record)
Candona obtusa Bronstein, 1947 (new combination reference)
Candona swaini Staplin, 1963 accepted as Fabaeformiscandona obtusa (Bronstein, 1947) (basis of record)
Candona swaini sappaensis Staplin, 1963 accepted as Fabaeformiscandona obtusa (Bronstein, 1947) (basis of record)
Candona verretensis LeRoy, 1964 accepted as Fabaeformiscandona obtusa (Bronstein, 1947) (basis of record)
Chlamydotheca bennelong (King, 1855) (new combination reference)
Chlamydotheca calcarata Klie, 1930 (taxonomy source)
Chlamydotheca deformis Farkas, 1958 (taxonomy source)
Chlamydotheca iheringi (Sars, 1901) (taxonomy source)
Chlamydotheca incisa (Claus, 1892) (taxonomy source)
Chlamydotheca leuckarti var. pallida (Claus, 1892) (new combination reference)
Cypridopsella granulata Sars, 1903 accepted as Sarscypridopsis aculeata (Costa, 1847) (source of synonymy)
Cypridopsini Kaufmann, 1900 (taxonomy source)
Cypridopsis obstinata Barclay, 1968 accepted as Sarscypridopsis aculeata (Costa, 1847) (source of synonymy)
Cypridopsis spinifera Sars, 1924 accepted as Sarscypridopsis aculeata (Costa, 1847) (source of synonymy)
Cypridopsis triquetra G.W. Müller, 1908 accepted as Sarscypridopsis aculeata (Costa, 1847) (source of synonymy)
Cyprinotus fretensis Brady & Robertson, 1870 accepted as Heterocypris salina (Brady, 1868) (source of synonymy)
Cyprinotus inaequivalvis Bronstein, 1928 † accepted as Heterocypris salina (Brady, 1868) (source of synonymy)
Cypris aculeata Costa, 1847 accepted as Sarscypridopsis aculeata (Costa, 1847) (source of synonymy)
Cypris lamperti Lindner, 1920 accepted as Heterocypris salina (Brady, 1868) (source of synonymy)
Cypris salina Brady, 1868 accepted as Heterocypris salina (Brady, 1868) (source of synonymy)
Fabaeformiscandona obtusa (Bronstein, 1947) (basis of record)
Heterocypris salina (Brady, 1868) (source of synonymy)
Potamocypris gregaria Sars, 1895 accepted as Sarscypridopsis aculeata (Costa, 1847) (source of synonymy)
Potamocypris gregaria Sars, 1895 accepted as Sarscypridopsis aculeata (Costa, 1847) (basis of record)
Proteocypris salina Brady, 1907 accepted as Cypridopsis salina (Brady, 1907) (taxonomy source)
Pseudocandona choi (Karanovic & Lee, 2012) (new combination reference)
Sarscypridopsis aculeata (Costa, 1847) (source of synonymy)
Sataracypris Deb, 1983 accepted as Strandesia Stuhlmann, 1888 (source of synonymy)
Strandesia Stuhlmann, 1888 (taxonomy source)
Strandesia bicuspis (Claus, 1982) (taxonomy source)
Strandesia gibbosa (Baird, 1837) (new combination reference)
Candona nyensis Gutentag & Benson, 1962 accepted as Fabaeformiscandona obtusa (Bronstein, 1947) (basis of record)
Candona obtusa Bronstein, 1947 (new combination reference)
Candona swaini Staplin, 1963 accepted as Fabaeformiscandona obtusa (Bronstein, 1947) (basis of record)
Candona swaini sappaensis Staplin, 1963 accepted as Fabaeformiscandona obtusa (Bronstein, 1947) (basis of record)
Candona verretensis LeRoy, 1964 accepted as Fabaeformiscandona obtusa (Bronstein, 1947) (basis of record)
Chlamydotheca bennelong (King, 1855) (new combination reference)
Chlamydotheca calcarata Klie, 1930 (taxonomy source)
Chlamydotheca deformis Farkas, 1958 (taxonomy source)
Chlamydotheca iheringi (Sars, 1901) (taxonomy source)
Chlamydotheca incisa (Claus, 1892) (taxonomy source)
Chlamydotheca leuckarti var. pallida (Claus, 1892) (new combination reference)
Cypridopsella granulata Sars, 1903 accepted as Sarscypridopsis aculeata (Costa, 1847) (source of synonymy)
Cypridopsini Kaufmann, 1900 (taxonomy source)
Cypridopsis obstinata Barclay, 1968 accepted as Sarscypridopsis aculeata (Costa, 1847) (source of synonymy)
Cypridopsis spinifera Sars, 1924 accepted as Sarscypridopsis aculeata (Costa, 1847) (source of synonymy)
Cypridopsis triquetra G.W. Müller, 1908 accepted as Sarscypridopsis aculeata (Costa, 1847) (source of synonymy)
Cyprinotus fretensis Brady & Robertson, 1870 accepted as Heterocypris salina (Brady, 1868) (source of synonymy)
Cyprinotus inaequivalvis Bronstein, 1928 † accepted as Heterocypris salina (Brady, 1868) (source of synonymy)
Cypris aculeata Costa, 1847 accepted as Sarscypridopsis aculeata (Costa, 1847) (source of synonymy)
Cypris lamperti Lindner, 1920 accepted as Heterocypris salina (Brady, 1868) (source of synonymy)
Cypris salina Brady, 1868 accepted as Heterocypris salina (Brady, 1868) (source of synonymy)
Fabaeformiscandona obtusa (Bronstein, 1947) (basis of record)
Heterocypris salina (Brady, 1868) (source of synonymy)
Potamocypris gregaria Sars, 1895 accepted as Sarscypridopsis aculeata (Costa, 1847) (source of synonymy)
Potamocypris gregaria Sars, 1895 accepted as Sarscypridopsis aculeata (Costa, 1847) (basis of record)
Proteocypris salina Brady, 1907 accepted as Cypridopsis salina (Brady, 1907) (taxonomy source)
Pseudocandona choi (Karanovic & Lee, 2012) (new combination reference)
Sarscypridopsis aculeata (Costa, 1847) (source of synonymy)
Sataracypris Deb, 1983 accepted as Strandesia Stuhlmann, 1888 (source of synonymy)
Strandesia Stuhlmann, 1888 (taxonomy source)
Strandesia bicuspis (Claus, 1982) (taxonomy source)
Strandesia gibbosa (Baird, 1837) (new combination reference)
Taxonomy
Meisch et al. (2019) states the name Chlamydotheca leuckarti var. palida was coined by Mueller (1912), when in ... [details]
