Cytherellidae

Cytherellidae
Temporal range: Jurassic–Recent
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Ostracoda
Order: Platycopida
G. O. Sars, 1866[1]
Family: Cytherellidae
G. O. Sars, 1866[2]

Cytherellidae is a family of ostracods, and is the only living family in the order, Platycopida,[3] although the family Punciidae is also sometimes included.[4] Members of the family have existed since the Jurassic.[5] It contains 6 genera:[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Order PLATYCOPIDA Sars, 1866". Australian Faunal Directory. Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. March 30, 2010. Retrieved April 9, 2010.
  2. ↑ G. O. Sars (1866). "Oversigt af Norges marine Ostracoder". Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania: 1–130.
  3. 1 2 S. Brandao & D. Horne (2009). S. N. Brandão, M. V. Angel, I. Karanovic, A. Parker, V. Perrier, B. Sames & M. Yasuhara, ed. "Cytherellidae". World Ostracoda Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved April 9, 2010.
  4. ↑ Joel W. Martin & George E. Davis (2001). An Updated Classification of the Recent Crustacea (PDF). Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. p. 132.
  5. ↑ Edith Kristan-Tollmann (1977). "On the development of the muscle-scar patterns in Triassic Ostracoda". In Heinz Löffler & Dan Danielopol. Aspects of ecology and zoogeography of recent and fossil Ostracoda: proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Ostracods, Saalfelden (Salzburg), July 30-August 8, 1976, Volume 1976. Springer-Verlag. pp. 133–143. ISBN 978-90-6193-581-0.

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