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WoRMS taxon details

Macroscapha Maddocks, 1990

Macroscapha

AphiaID

390999 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:390999)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Macroscapha atlantica Maddocks, 1990

Parent

Macrocyprididae Müller, 1912

Direct children (19)

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Species Macroscapha atlantica Maddocks, 1990
Species Macroscapha cactus Brandão, 2010
Species Macroscapha falcis Brandão, 2010
Species Macroscapha gyreae Maddocks, 1990
Species Macroscapha heroica Maddocks, 1990
Species Macroscapha inaequalis (Müller, 1908)
Species Macroscapha inaequata Maddocks, 1990
Species Macroscapha jiangi Maddocks, 1990
Species Macroscapha marchilensis (Hartmann, 1965)
Species Macroscapha opaca Maddocks, 1990
Species Macroscapha procera Jellinek & Swanson, 2003
Species Macroscapha rehmi Brandão, 2010
Species Macroscapha scotia Brandão, 2010
Species Macroscapha sinuata Maddocks, 1990
Species Macroscapha solecavai Brandão, 2010
Species Macroscapha subhemispherica Brandão, 2010
Species Macroscapha turbida (Müller, 1908)
Species Macroscapha walterae Brandão, 2010
Species Macroscapha tensa (Müller, 1908) (uncertain > nomen dubium, This species was poorly described (as Macrocypris tensa) by Müller (1908), lectotype poorly preserved (only one valve and a few limbs, which are not enough for species level identification in this genus))

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Maddocks, R. F. (1990). Living and fossil Macrocyprididae (Ostracoda). <em>University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions Monograph.</em> No 2: 1-285. [details]

Taxonomic 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. Macroscapha Maddocks, 1990. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=390999 on 2025-04-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-04-08 09:14:03Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2010-02-16 09:37:22Z

changed

Brandão, Simone Nunes

2010-02-26 13:11:51Z

changed

Brandão, Simone Nunes

2014-08-13 09:29:31Z

changed

Brandão, Simone Nunes

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Maddocks, R. F. (1990). Living and fossil Macrocyprididae (Ostracoda). <em>University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions Monograph.</em> No 2: 1-285. [details]

Other

additional source Brandão, S.N. (2010) Macrocyprididae (Ostracoda) from the Southern Ocean: taxonomic revision, macroecological patterns, and biogeographical implications. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 159, 567–672., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00624.x [details] Available for editors