WoRMS taxon details
Macropyxis similis (Brady, 1880)
460347 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:460347)
accepted
Species
Macrocypris similis Brady, 1880 · unaccepted > superseded combination (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Macrocypris similis Brady, 1880) 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] 
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. Macropyxis similis (Brady, 1880). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=460347 on 2025-06-21
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Macrocypris similis Brady, 1880) 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]
new combination reference Maddocks, R. F. (1990). Living and fossil Macrocyprididae (Ostracoda). <em>University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions Monograph.</em> No 2: 1-285. [details]
new combination reference Maddocks, R. F. (1990). Living and fossil Macrocyprididae (Ostracoda). <em>University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions Monograph.</em> No 2: 1-285. [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Macrocypris similis Brady, 1880)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (4 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (4 records)
From editor or global species database
Image from synonym
