Tags: Crustacean.
Gigantocypris is a genus of ostracod crustacean in family Cypridinidae and probably the most famous ostracod in the world. Its members are exceptionally large for ostracods measuring up to 25 millimetres (1.0 in) across. The animals are orange–red in life but live at depths of 900–1300 m (3000–4300 ft) where there is no natural sunlight.
