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Eupolycope pellucida Chavtur, 1979

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Eupolycope pellucida Chavtur, 1979
Name authority
Chavtur, 1979
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Ostracoda
Order
Halocyprida
Family
Polycopidae
Genus
Eupolycope
Extinction status
Recorded extant

Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumArthropoda
  4. subphylumCrustacea
  5. classOstracoda Latreille, 1806
  6. subclassMyodocopa Müller, 1894
  7. orderHalocyprida Skogsberg, 1920
  8. suborderCladocopina Sars, 1866
  9. superfamilyCladocopoidea Sars, 1866
  10. familyPolycopidae Sars, 1866
  11. subfamilyPolycopinae Sars, 1866
  12. genusEupolycope Chavtur, 1981
  13. speciesEupolycope pellucida Chavtur, 1979

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Eupolycope. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Eupolycope coralligena (Bonaduce, Ciliberto, Masoli, Minichelli & Pugliese, 1982)PolycopidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Eupolycope denticulata (Bonaduce, Masoli, Minichelli & Pugliese, 1980)PolycopidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Eupolycope frequens (Müller, 1894) Chavtur, 1981PolycopidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Eupolycope occidensnuda Howe & McKenzie, 1989PolycopidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Eupolycope orientalis Chavtur, 1983PolycopidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant

Browse 6 records assigned to Polycopidae.

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. Chavtur, V. G. (1979). New data on ostracods of the family Polycopidae (Ostracoda - Cladocopa) from the far-eastern seas of the USSR. Sbornik Rabot Institut Biologii Morya, 15: 91–105. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:3CWWV. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.