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

Cytheropteron testudo Sars, 1869

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cytheropteron*	Sars, 1866	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Sars, G.O. (1870). Nye Dybvandscrustaceer fra Lofoten. Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiana. 1869: 147-174.
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	Zhao, Q; Whatley, R C; Zhou, B. (2000). The taxonomy and distribution of Recent species of the ostracod genus Cytheropteron in the South China Sea. Revista Espanola de Micropaleontologia, 32 (2), 259-281

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. Cytheropteron testudo Sars, 1869. 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:128036