Home Introduction What is an ostracod? World species list Southern Ocean list About the authors Bibliography Acknowledgements Links Last updated 14 March 2008 Southern Ocean list > Gigantocypris muelleri > Notes Gigantocypris muelleri Drawings   Maps Download species PDF Gigantocypris muelleri Skogsberg, 1920 Records: 149 This large deep mesopelagic-bathypelagic myodocopid is reported to have a very widespread distribution in the Atlantic, but there are few records from other oceans. Poulsen (1962) reported a total of five species, with only G. dracontovalis, a small abyssopelagic species also occurring in the Atlantic. Our material collected in the Atlantic does include some very large specimens about 30mm in length, a size consistent with G. agassizi. Based on samples collected by the Eltanin, Tibbs (1965) reported that G. muelleri has an extensive range in the Southern Ocean; but we have been unable to locate the Tibbs' data to incorporate them into our Southern Ocean distribution map. It is probable that it has a circumpolar distribution. Atlantic n Mean mm s.d. Range mm Female 26 17.29 0.91 15.50-18.67 Male 14 14.69 0.59 13.50-15.83 A-1 18 13.18 0.99 11.67-14.67 A-2         A-3