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Thermopsis thermophila n. gen. n. sp., a new freshwater ostracod species is described from hot springs in Nevada, U.S.A. The animals were collected within a temperature range of 40–55 °C. The new genus belongs to the Ostracoda Podocopida Cypridoidea Cyprididae Cypridopsinae.
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Külköylüo lu, O., Meisch, C. & Rust, R.W. Thermopsis thermophila n. gen. n. sp. from hot springs in Nevada, U.S.A. (Crustacea, Ostracoda). Hydrobiologia 499, 113–123 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1026308514466
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