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

Loxoconcha rhomboidea (Fischer, 1855)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Loxoconcha*	Sars, 1866	accepted genus name
*Normania*	Brady, 1866	synonym

Species group names

*Cythere flavida*	Zenker, 1854	junior homonym
*Cythere impressa*	Baird, 1850	synonym
*Cythere rhomboidea*	Fischer, 1855	synonym
*Loxoconcha bairdi*	Müller, 1912	synonym
*Loxoconcha impressa*	(Baird, 1850)	synonym

Literature

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	Aiello, G.; Amato, V.; Barra, D.; Caporaso, L.; Caruso, T.; Giaccio, B.; Parisi, R.; Rossi, A. (2020). Late Quaternary benthic foraminiferal and ostracod response to palaeoenvironmental changes in a Mediterranean coastal area, Port of Salerno, Tyrrhenian Sea. Regional Studies in Marine Science. 40: 101498.
status source	Athersuch, J; Whittaker, J E. (1976). On Loxoconcha rhomboidea (Fischer). Stereo-Atlas of Ostracod Shells, 3 (2), 81-90

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. Loxoconcha rhomboidea (Fischer, 1855). 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:128240

Dr. Geoffrey Boxshall. Loxoconcha rhomboidea (Fischer, 1855). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/20f5d83d-bff4-450a-98ca-7eec51b22c33