Genus Hemicypris Sars, 1903
Superfamily: Cypridoidea Baird, 1845
Family: Cyprididae Baird, 1845
Subfamily: Cyprinotinae Bronstein, 1947
One species has been reported from Korea:
1. Hemicypris posterotruncata Bate, 1970
Left side view of a female Hemicypris posterotruncata, length 1.2 mm.
External view of a left valve of a female Hemicypris posterotruncata. Length 1165 microns.
External view of a right valve of a female Hemicypris posterotruncata. Length 1189 microns.
- Additional figures in: Bate 1970; Okubo 1990; Okubo 2004; Rasouli & Aygen 2017; Smith & Chang 2020.
- Habitat: Rice fields.
- Mode of life: Nektobenthic (swimmer).
- Reproduction mode: Asexual, males unknown.
- Known distribution: Gyeongsangbuk-do and Gyeongsangnam-do provinces (Smith & Chang 2020). Elsewhere, Japan (Smith & Chang 2020), Turkey (Rasouli & Aygen 2017), and Kenya (fossils only; Bate 1970).
- References:
- ⚬ Bate, R.H. 1970. A new species of Hemicypris (Ostracoda) from ancient beach sediments of Lake Rudolf, Kenya. Palaeontology, 13, 289-296.
- ⚬ Okubo, I. 1990. Seven new species of freshwater Ostracoda from Japan. Researches on Crustacea, 19, 1-12.
- ⚬ Okubo, I. 2004. Nihon tansui san kaimijinko rui ni tsuite. Kabushikigaisha Sanmon Insatsusho, Okayama, Japan, 72pp. [In Japanese, privately published].
- ⚬ Rasouli, H. & Aygen, C. 2017. New records and redescriptions of three Cyprididae ostracods (Crustacea) from Turkey. Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies, 46, 421-438.
- ⚬ Smith, R. J. & Chang, C. Y. 2020. Taxonomic assessments of some Cyprinotinae Bronstein, 1947 species (Crustacea: Ostracoda) from Japanese and Korean rice fields, including (re-) descriptions of six species and a review of the type species of the subfamily. Zootaxa, 4795 (1), 001-069.