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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaArthropodaCrustaceaOstracoda

Order Podocopida
Sars, 1866 · Podocopid Ostracods

Species in this portal
37
Ecological class
20 stygobionts, 16 stygophiles and 1 stygoxene
Realm
Aquatic
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
9 states and provinces
Counties
51
Karst regions
Edwards Plateau and Balcones, Florida Lime Sinks, Interior Low Plateau, Other, Ozarks
Conservation
9 of 19 ranked G1 or G2

Families

  • Candonidae 17 in portal
  • Cyprididae 3 in portal
  • Darwinulidae 1 in portal
  • Entocytheridae 16 in portal

Species in this portal

  • Bicornucandona fineganensis GNR TX
  • Chlamydotheca texasiensis TX
  • Comalcandona gibsoni Gibson's Groundwater Ostracod TX
  • Comalcandona mixoni TX
  • Comalcandona tressleri TX
  • Cyclocypris sharpei GNR TN
  • Cypria lacrima GNR TX
  • Cypridopsis vidua Cypris Veuve (La) GNR TX
  • Dactylocythere arcuata G1 AL
  • Dactylocythere prionata G2 KY
  • Dactylocythere steevesi G4 AL, KY, TN
  • Dactylocythere ungulata KY, TN
  • Darwinula stevensoni TX
  • Donnaldsoncythere hiwasseensis KY
  • Donnaldsoncythere tuberosa G2 TN
  • Lacrimacandona wisei GNR TX
  • Namiotkocypria haysensis TX
  • Physocypria denticulata TX
  • Physocypria globula TX
  • Potamocypris fulva GA
  • Pseudocandona albicans GNR TX
  • Pseudocandona jeanneli Jeannel's Cave Ostracod G3 IN, KY, TN
  • Pseudocandona marengoensis Marengo Cave Ostracod G1G2 IN
  • Rugosuscandona scharfi TX
  • Sagittocythere barri G5 AL, IN, KY, TN
  • Sagittocythere stygia G1 KY
  • Schornikovdona bellensis TX
  • Sphaeromicola moria G1G2 TX
  • Tuberona leonidasi TX
  • Ufocandona hannaleeae TX
  • Uncinocythere ambophora G2G3 FL
  • Uncinocythere equicurva
  • Uncinocythere pholetera G1G2 MO
  • Uncinocythere simondsi KY
  • Uncinocythere warreni G1 AR, FL, GA
  • Uncinocythere xania G3 AR, GA, IN, MO
  • Uncinocythere zancla KY

No species match that filter.

Other resources

Catalogue of Life
84JR3
GBIF
1438
ITIS
609939
iNaturalist
85538
NCBI Taxonomy
84318

Cave Biology Data Portal

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