Namibcypris costata

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA ARTHROPODA CRUSTACEA PODOCOPIDA CANDONIDAE

Scientific Name: Namibcypris costata
Species Authority: Martens, 1992
Synonym/s:
Namibocypris costata Martens, 1992

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Extinct     ver 2.3
Year Assessed: 1996
Annotations:
Needs updating
Assessor/s: Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: Known only from a restricted area from the southern Kaokoveld in northern Namibia.
Countries:
Regionally extinct:
Namibia

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: Possibly a hypogean species (living in underground water), collected incidentally in surface springs.
Systems: Freshwater
Citation: Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group 1996. Namibcypris costata. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 08 February 2012.
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