Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Oligostraca > Class Ostracoda > Subclass Podocopa > Order Podocopida > Suborder Cytherocopina > Superfamily Cytheroidea > Family Hemicytheridae

Urocythereis Ruggieri, 1950

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Hemicythere (Urocythereis)*	Ruggieri, 1950	synonym

Children

Urocythereis britannica Athersuch, 1977
Urocythereis favosa (Roemer, 1838)
Urocythereis flexicauda Bonaduce, Ciampo & Masoli, 1976
Urocythereis oblonga (Brady, 1866)

Literature

original description	Ruggieri, G. (1950). Gli Ostracodi delle sabbie grigie quaternarie (Milazziano) di Imola. Part I. Giornale di Geologia. Annali del Museo Geologico di Bologna. Serie 2ª. 21:1-57.
basis of record	Horne, D.J.; Bruce, A.; Whittaker, J.E. (2001). Ostracoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 244-251
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
additional source	Aiello, G.; Barra, D.; Parisi, R. (2016). Intra- and interspecific shell variability of the genus Urocythereis Ruggieri, 1950 (Ostracoda: Hemicytheridae) in the La Strea Bay (Ionian Sea, Italy). European Journal of Taxonomy. 0(193).
redescription	Athersuch, J. (1977). The genus Urocythereis (Crustacea, Ostracoda) in Europe, with particular reference to recent Mediterranean species. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History).Zoology. 32: 247-283.

Genbank

Citation

Brandão, S.N.; Antonietto, L.S; Nery, D.G.; Pereira, J.S.; Praxedes, R.A.; Santos, S.G.; Karanovic, I. (2025). World Ostracoda Database. Urocythereis Ruggieri, 1950. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127631