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Cypris pubera O. F. Müller, 1776
Seed Shrimp
Family: Cyprididae

Introduction to the Ostracods of BC

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Distribution of Cypris pubera in British Columbia in British Columbia

Introduction


Cypris pubera is a globally distributed freshwater ostracod species (Little 2005) that is reported from southern BC from the Thompson and Fraser drainages (Gardiner pers. comm. 2012). No male has been reported for this species; reproduction is asexual (it "reproduces through ameiotic parthenogenesis") (Little 2005).

Little provides additional information: "Cypris pubera also appears to exist in two morphological forms: a green morph and a brown one. All of the polyploids were of the green morph, while the brown morph appeared to be a diploid."

Status Information

Origin StatusProvincial StatusBC List
(Red Blue List)		COSEWIC
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Species References

Little, Tom J. 2005. Genetic diversity and polyploidy in the cosmopolitan asexual ostracod Cypris pubera. Journal of Plankton Reseach 27 (12): 1287-1293.

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