(Baird, 1850)

Diagnosis
Length female 1.24-1.27mm, male 1.27mm. Shallow water species surrounded by taxonomic confusion (Kornicker, 1974). This or closely related species have been recorded from Plymouth Sound, Loch Long, and the Isle of Cumbrae as well as from the Mediterranean.

Remarks
This is one of the fifteen species within the Cypridinidae which are not keyed-out in this program.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Crustacea
Subclass Ostracoda
Order Myodocopida
Suborder Myodocopina
Family Philomedidae
Subfamily Philomedinae
Genus Euphilomedes
Species Euphilomedes interpuncta

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Euphilomedes interpuncta (Baird, 1850)

Scientific synonyms and common names

Philomedes interpuncta Baird, 1850
Euphilomedes sinister

Kornicker, L. S. 1974. Revision of the Cypridinacea of the Gulf of Naples (Ostracoda). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 178, 1-64.

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