Genus Cyprinotus Brady, 1866
Superfamily: Cypridoidea Baird, 1845
Family: Cyprididae Baird, 1845
Subfamily: Cyprinotinae Bronstein, 1947
One species has been reported from Korea:
1. Cyprinotus cassidula Smith & Chang, 2020
Left side views of a male (top) and female Cyprinotus cassidula, male length 1.5 mm, female length 1.9 mm. Note how the right valve is higher than the left.
External view of female left valve, length 1911 microns.
External view of female right valve, length 1863 microns.
The male sexual organ of Cyprinotus uenoi, length 362 microns.
- Additional figures in: Okubo 1974 (as Cyprintous uenoi); Okubo 2004 (as Cyprintous uenoi); Smith & Chang 2020
- Habitat: Rice fields.
- Mode of life: Nektobenthic (swimmer).
- Reproduction mode: Sexual, males common.
- Known distribution: Jeollanam-do, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Gyeongsangnam-do, Ulsan (Kim & Min 1991; Chang et al. 2012; Smith & Chang 2020). Elsewhere, it has been reported from Japan (Okubo 1974; 2004; Okubo & Ida 1989; Smith & Chang 2020).
- References:
- ⚬ Chang, C. Y., Lee, J. & Smith, R. J. 2012. Nonmarine ostracods (Crustacea) from South Korea, including a description of a new species of Tanycypris Triebel (Cyprididae, Cypricercinae). Zootaxa, 3161, 1 - 19.
- ⚬ Kim, W. & Min, G.S. 1991. Redescription of recent freshwater ostracods (Crustacea: Ostracoda) from Korea: A systematic study of four species of family Cyprididae. The Korean Journal of Systematic Zoology, 7, 81-100.
- ⚬ Okubo, I. 1974. Two species of the genus Cyprinotus (Ostracoda, Cyprididae) from Japan. Researches on Crustacea, 6, 58-70.
- ⚬ Okubo, I. and Ida, K. 1989. Freshwater Ostracoda from Gunma Prefecture, Japan. Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan, 44, 105-107. [In Japanese.]
- ⚬ Okubo, I. 2004. Nihon tansui san kaimijinko rui ni tsuite. Kabushikigaisha Sanmon Insatsusho, Okayama, Japan, 72pp. [In Japanese, privately published].