Diagnosis Length female 9.5mm, male 7.3mm. Caught in quite large numbers at depths of 1900-3000m in the Northeastern Atlantic (Athersuch, 1980) in epibenthic sledge samples. This is a large conspicuous yellow-orange species associated with regions of foraminiferal ooze.
Remarks This is one of the fifteen species within the Cypridinidae which are superficially keyed-out in this program.
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Class Crustacea Subclass Ostracoda Order Myodocopida Suborder Myodocopina Family Cypridinidae Subfamily Azgocypridinae Genus Azygocypridina Species Azygocypridina imperialis
Athersuch, J. 1980. The genus Azygocypridina Sylvester-Bradley (Crustacea: Ostracoda) with particular reference to A. imperialis (Stebbing, 1901). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology, 39, 139-160.
Images
A. imperialis Habitus 1 (Female, 9.5mm) A. imperialis 1 (Male, dorsal view (anterior upwards)) A. imperialis Habitus 2 (Male, 7.3mm) A. imperialis 2 (Male, anterior view, based on Athersuch (1980))
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