WoRMS taxon details
Ekpontocypris Maddocks, 1969
768531 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:768531)
accepted
Genus
Propontocypris (Ekpontocypris) Maddocks, 1969 · unaccepted (taxon accepted at genus level)
- Species Ekpontocypris epicyrta (Maddocks, 1969)
- Species Ekpontocypris iquiquensis (Hartmann, 1962)
- Species Ekpontocypris japonica (Okubo, 1979)
- Species Ekpontocypris koreana Karanovic, 2019
- Species Ekpontocypris litoricola (Maddocks, 1969)
- Species Ekpontocypris mcmurdoensis (Maddocks, 1969)
- Species Ekpontocypris pirifera (Müller, 1894)
- Species Ekpontocypris tumida (Scott, 1905)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Maddocks, R. F. (1969). Recent ostracodes of the Family Pontocyprididae chiefly from the Indian Ocean. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 7: 1-56., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.7 [details] Available for editors 
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Taxonomic remark Maddocks, 1991 changed the taxonomic level of this taxon.
Taxonomic remark Maddocks, 1991 changed the taxonomic level of this taxon. [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. Ekpontocypris Maddocks, 1969. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=768531 on 2026-07-03
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Nomenclature
original description
Maddocks, R. F. (1969). Recent ostracodes of the Family Pontocyprididae chiefly from the Indian Ocean. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 7: 1-56., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.7 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Propontocypris (Ekpontocypris) Maddocks, 1969) Maddocks, R. F. (1969). Recent ostracodes of the Family Pontocyprididae chiefly from the Indian Ocean. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 7: 1-56., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.7 [details] Available for editors [request]
new combination reference Maddocks, R. F. (1991). Revision of the family Pontocyprididae (Ostracoda), with new anchialine species and genera from Galapagos Islands. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 103: 309-333., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1991.tb00907.x [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]original description (of Propontocypris (Ekpontocypris) Maddocks, 1969) Maddocks, R. F. (1969). Recent ostracodes of the Family Pontocyprididae chiefly from the Indian Ocean. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 7: 1-56., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.7 [details] Available for editors
[request]new combination reference Maddocks, R. F. (1991). Revision of the family Pontocyprididae (Ostracoda), with new anchialine species and genera from Galapagos Islands. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 103: 309-333., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1991.tb00907.x [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Taxonomic remark Maddocks, 1991 changed the taxonomic level of this taxon. [details]
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Image from typetaxon
