WoRMS name details
Oxycythereis Benson, 1974
459818 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:459818)
unaccepted > nomen nudum
Genus
- Species Oxycythereis dorsoserrata (Brady, 1880) accepted as Pennyella dorsoserrata (Brady, 1880) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Benson, R. H. (1974). 26. Preliminary report on the ostracodes of Leg 24. <em>Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project.</em> 34: 1037-1043., available online at https://deepseadrilling.org/24/volume/dsdp24_26.pdf [details] Available for editors 
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Taxonomy This genus (numen nudum) was replaced by Pennella Neale, 1974.
Taxonomy This genus (numen nudum) was replaced by Pennella Neale, 1974. [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. Oxycythereis Benson, 1974. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=459818 on 2026-07-18
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Nomenclature
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Benson, R. H. (1974). 26. Preliminary report on the ostracodes of Leg 24. <em>Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project.</em> 34: 1037-1043., available online at https://deepseadrilling.org/24/volume/dsdp24_26.pdf [details] Available for editors [request]
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Yasuhara, M.; Hunt, G.; Okahashi, H.; Brandão, S. N. (2013). The '<i>Oxycythereis</i>' problem: taxonomy and palaeobiogeography of deep-sea ostracod genera<i>Pennyella</i>and<i>Rugocythereis</i>. <em>Palaeontology.</em> 56(5): 1045-1080., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/pala.12035 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Taxonomy This genus (numen nudum) was replaced by Pennella Neale, 1974. [details]
