WoRMS taxon details
Australicythere Benson, 1964
391258 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:391258)
accepted
Genus
- Species Australicythere davisi (Chapman, 1916)
- Species Australicythere devexa (Müller, 1908)
- Species Australicythere frequens (Skogsberg, 1928)
- Species Australicythere paenepolylyca Hartmann, 1992
- Species Australicythere polylyca (Müller, 1908)
- Species Australicythere bensoni Sanguinetti, 1979 accepted as Brasilicythere bensoni (Sanguinetti, 1979) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Australicythere megalodisca (Skogsberg, 1928) accepted as Meridionalicythere megalodiscus (Skogsberg, 1928) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Australicythere reticulata (unaccepted > nomen nudum, probable misspelling of Australicythere polylyca by Hartmann, 1989)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Benson, R. H. (1964). Recent Cytheracean Ostracodes from McMurdo Sound and the Ross Sea, Antarctica. <em>University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions No.</em> 6: 1-36. [details] Available for editors 
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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. Australicythere Benson, 1964. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=391258 on 2026-05-28
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Nomenclature
original description
Benson, R. H. (1964). Recent Cytheracean Ostracodes from McMurdo Sound and the Ross Sea, Antarctica. <em>University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions No.</em> 6: 1-36. [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Hartmann G. (1997). Antarktische und subantarktische Podocopa (Ostracoda). Synopses of the Antarctic Benthos. Koeltz Scientific Books, Koenigstein, 355. [details]
[request]basis of record Hartmann G. (1997). Antarktische und subantarktische Podocopa (Ostracoda). Synopses of the Antarctic Benthos. Koeltz Scientific Books, Koenigstein, 355. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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