WoRMS taxon details
Ekpontocypris pirifera (Müller, 1894)
782422 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:782422)
accepted
Species
Pontocypris pirifera Sars, 1866 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pontocypris pirifera Müller, 1894 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Propontocypris (Ekpontocypris) pirifera (Müller, 1894) · unaccepted (superseded recombination)
Propontocypris pirifera (Müller, 1894) Reys, 1961 · unaccepted (superseded recombination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Pontocypris pirifera Müller, 1894) Müller, G. W. (1894). Die Ostrakoden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte. <em>Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte.</em> 21:1–404., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7163051 [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 pirifera (Müller, 1894). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=782422 on 2026-08-29
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pontocypris pirifera Müller, 1894) Müller, G. W. (1894). Die Ostrakoden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte. <em>Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte.</em> 21:1–404., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7163051 [details]
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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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 Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Propontocypris pirifera (Müller, 1894) Reys, 1961)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Pontocypris pirifera Sars, 1866)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Propontocypris pirifera) (from synonym Propontocypris pirifera (Müller, 1894) Reys, 1961)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Propontocypris pirifera (Müller, 1894) Reys, 1961)
To PESI (from synonym Propontocypris (Ekpontocypris) pirifera (Müller, 1894))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Pontocypris pirifera Sars, 1866)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Propontocypris pirifera) (from synonym Propontocypris pirifera (Müller, 1894) Reys, 1961)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Propontocypris pirifera (Müller, 1894) Reys, 1961)
To PESI (from synonym Propontocypris (Ekpontocypris) pirifera (Müller, 1894))
