WoRMS taxon details
Cytheropteron testudo Sars, 1869
128036 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:128036)
accepted
Species
Cytheropteron (Cytheropteron) testudo Sars, 1869 · alternative representation
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Sars, G.O. (1870). Nye Dybvandscrustaceer fra Lofoten. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiana.</em> 1869: 147-174., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43684267 [details] 
Brandão, S. N.; Antonietto, L. S.; Carvalho, A. B. G. D.; Pereira, J. S.; Pereira, S. G. G.; Praxedes, R. A.; Sá, H. A. B.; Sabater, L. M. (2026). World Ostracoda Database. Cytheropteron testudo Sars, 1869. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=128036 on 2026-04-06
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Nomenclature
original description
Sars, G.O. (1870). Nye Dybvandscrustaceer fra Lofoten. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiana.</em> 1869: 147-174., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43684267 [details] 
basis of record Horne, D.J.; Bruce, A.; Whittaker, J.E. (2001). Ostracoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 244-251 (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Horne, D.J.; Bruce, A.; Whittaker, J.E. (2001). Ostracoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 244-251 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
additional source
Minto'o, C. A.; Bassetti, M.; Morigi, C.; Ducassou, E.; Toucanne, S.; Jouet, G.; Mulder, T. (2015). Levantine intermediate water hydrodynamic and bottom water ventilation in the northern Tyrrhenian Sea over the past 56,000 years: New insights from benthic foraminifera and ostracods. <em>Quaternary International.</em> 357: 295-313., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2014.11.038 [details] Available for editors
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Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality