Deep-Sea taxon details
Cytheropteron abyssorum Brady, 1880
391348 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:391348)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Brady, G. S. (1880). Report on the Ostracoda dredged by H.M.S. Challenger during the Years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 1 (part 3): 1-184, pl. 1-45., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-03/README.htm [details] 
Distribution Since the only type specimen (i.e. the lectotype) of this species remaining in the collection of The Natural History...
Distribution Since the only type specimen (i.e. the lectotype) of this species remaining in the collection of The Natural History Museum (London) is broken (Brandao, S. N., unpublished), the usage of this name should be avoided untill taxonomic clarification is published. Probably the best practice would be to consider this species as a nomen dubium. [details]
Brandão, S. N.; Antonietto, L. S.; Pereira, J. S.; Pereira, S. G. G.; Sá, H. A. B.; Praxedes, R. A.; Sabater, L. M., Santos, S.G.; Karanovic, I. (2025). World Ostracoda Database. Cytheropteron abyssorum Brady, 1880. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=391348 on 2025-05-23
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Cytheropteron abyssorum Brady, 1880. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=391348 on 2025-05-23
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Brady, G. S. (1880). Report on the Ostracoda dredged by H.M.S. Challenger during the Years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 1 (part 3): 1-184, pl. 1-45., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-03/README.htm [details]
context source (Deepsea) Natural History Museum, London (NHM): Collections Management Database System. [details]
basis of record Hartmann G. (1997). Antarktische und subantarktische Podocopa (Ostracoda). Synopses of the Antarctic Benthos. Koeltz Scientific Books, Koenigstein, 355. [details]
additional source Sasaki, S.; Irizuki, T.; Seto, K.; Suganuma, Y. (2022). Ostracoda and Paleoenvironment of Holocene-Raised Beach Sediment in Skarvsnes, East Antarctica. <em>Paleontological Research.</em> 26(4)., available online at https://doi.org/10.2517/pr210011 [details] Available for editors
context source (Deepsea) Natural History Museum, London (NHM): Collections Management Database System. [details]
basis of record Hartmann G. (1997). Antarktische und subantarktische Podocopa (Ostracoda). Synopses of the Antarctic Benthos. Koeltz Scientific Books, Koenigstein, 355. [details]
additional source Sasaki, S.; Irizuki, T.; Seto, K.; Suganuma, Y. (2022). Ostracoda and Paleoenvironment of Holocene-Raised Beach Sediment in Skarvsnes, East Antarctica. <em>Paleontological Research.</em> 26(4)., available online at https://doi.org/10.2517/pr210011 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Distribution Since the only type specimen (i.e. the lectotype) of this species remaining in the collection of The Natural History Museum (London) is broken (Brandao, S. N., unpublished), the usage of this name should be avoided untill taxonomic clarification is published. Probably the best practice would be to consider this species as a nomen dubium. [details]
