Falklandia ephippiata (Skogsberg, 1928)
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
- Falklandia ephippiata (Skogsberg, 1928)
- Name authority
- (Skogsberg, 1928)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Ostracoda
- Order
- Podocopida
- Family
- Hemicytheridae
- Genus
- Falklandia
- 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.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- subphylumCrustacea
- classOstracoda Latreille, 1806
- subclassPodocopa Müller, 1894
- orderPodocopida Sars, 1866
- suborderCytherocopina Baird, 1850
- superfamilyCytheroidea Baird, 1850
- familyHemicytheridae Puri, 1953
- genusFalklandia Whatley, Chadwick, Coxill & Toy, 1987
- speciesFalklandia ephippiata (Skogsberg, 1928)
Close classified relatives
No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Cythereis (Cythereis) ephippiata Skogsberg, 1928 Skogsberg, 1928 | synonym |
| Aurila ephippiata (Skogsberg, 1928) (Skogsberg, 1928) | synonym |
| Cythereis ephippiata Skogsberg, 1928 Skogsberg, 1928 | synonym |
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.
- Whatley, R. C., Chadwick, J., Coxill, D., & Toy, N. (1987). New genera and species of cytheracean Ostracoda from the S.W. Atlantic. Journal of Micropalaeontology, 6 (2), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1144/jm.6.2.1 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:3DTNR. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.