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Liocypris

Liocypris grandis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Ostracoda
Order: Podocopida
Family: Cyprididae
Genus: Liocypris
G. O. Sars, 1924
Species: L. grandis
Binomial name
Liocypris grandis
G. O. Sars, 1924

Liocypris grandis is a species of ostracod which was long presumed extinct. It was rediscovered in the Western Cape of South Africa in 2003, having not been seen since its original description by Georg Ossian Sars in 1924. It was assessed as extinct for the IUCN Red List in 1996, and that assessment has not been updated.



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