Species Macroscapha tensa (Müller, 1908)(uncertain > nomen dubium, This species was poorly described (as Macrocypris tensa) by Müller (1908), lectotype poorly preserved (only one valve and a few limbs, which are not enough for species level identification in this genus))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Maddocks, R. F. (1990). Living and fossil Macrocyprididae (Ostracoda). <em>University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions Monograph.</em> No 2: 1-285.[details]
Brandão, S. N.; Antonietto, L. S.; Pereira, J. S.; Pereira, S. G. G.; Sá, H. A. B.; Praxedes, R. A.; Sabater, L. M., Santos, S.G.; Karanovic, I. (2025). World Ostracoda Database. Macroscapha Maddocks, 1990. Accessed through: De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2025) Register of Antarctic Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/rams/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=390999 on 2025-05-21
De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2025). Register of Antarctic Marine Species. Macroscapha Maddocks, 1990. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/rams/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=390999 on 2025-05-21
original descriptionMaddocks, R. F. (1990). Living and fossil Macrocyprididae (Ostracoda). <em>University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions Monograph.</em> No 2: 1-285.[details]
additional sourceBrandão, S.N. (2010) Macrocyprididae (Ostracoda) from the Southern Ocean: taxonomic revision, macroecological patterns, and biogeographical implications. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 159, 567–672., available online athttps://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00624.x[details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality