WoRMS taxon details
Yemanja Brandão, 2010
459603 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:459603)
accepted
Genus
Macrocyprina coimbrai Brandão, 2005 accepted as Yemanja coimbrai (Brandão, 2005) (type by original designation)
- Species Yemanja coimbrai (Brandão, 2005)
- Species Yemanja hawkae (Maddocks, 1990)
- Species Yemanja rocas (Brandão, 2005)
- Species Yemanja youngi (Brandão, 2005)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
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
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Etymology "After Yemanjá, the goddess of the oceans and seas in the Afro-Latin American religion Candomblé."(Brandão, 2010: 586)
Etymology "After Yemanjá, the goddess of the oceans and seas in the Afro-Latin American religion Candomblé."(Brandão, 2010: 586) [details]
Brandão, S.N.; Antonietto, L.S; Nery, D.G.; Pereira, J.S.; Praxedes, R.A.; Santos, S.G.; Karanovic, I. (2025). World Ostracoda Database. Yemanja Brandão, 2010. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=459603 on 2025-04-08
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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
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Etymology "After Yemanjá, the goddess of the oceans and seas in the Afro-Latin American religion Candomblé."(Brandão, 2010: 586) [details]