Cytherellidae

Cytherellidae
Temporal range: Jurassic–Recent
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Ostracoda
Order: Platycopida
Suborder: Platycopina
Family: Cytherellidae
G. O. Sars, 1866
Synonyms
  • Cytherelloidae [lapsus]
  • †Spinososioellidae Kozur, 1991

Cytherellidae is the only living family of the ostracod order Platycopida. Eyes are absent. It contains 11 genera:

References

  1. ↑ G. O. Sars (1866). "Oversigt af Norges marine Ostracoder". Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania: 1–130.
  2. 1 2 S. Brandao & D. Horne (2009). Brandão SN, Angel MV, Karanovic I, Parker A, Perrier V, Sames B, Yasuhara M (eds.). "Cytherellidae". World Ostracoda Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved April 9, 2010.
  3. ↑ Ostracodology - Linking Bio- and Geosciences Proceedings of the 15th International Symposium on Ostracoda
  4. ↑ Oakley, T. H.; Cunningham, C. W. (2002). "Molecular phylogenetic evidence for the independent evolutionary origin of an arthropod compound eye". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 99 (3): 1426–1430. Bibcode:2002PNAS...99.1426O. doi:10.1073/pnas.032483599. PMC 122207. PMID 11818548.