Polycopidae

Halocyprida
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Ostracoda
Order: Halocyprida
Superfamily: Polycopoidea
Sars, 1865 
Family: Polycopidae
Sars, 1865

Polycopidae is a family of marine ostracods. Its members are related to animals in the suborder Halocypridina, but are sufficiently distinct to be placed in the sub-order Cladocopina. There is even some speculation that a separate order may be warranted. The genera in the family differ from the other suborder, Halocypridina, in several features: the central adductor muscle scars are in a triangular (3 scars) or half-rosette (15 scars) pattern, they lack sixth and seventh limbs, and the maxilla (=fourth limb) has both an exopod and endopod (the maxilla in the Halocypridina lacks an exopod).

The following genera are included:

References

  1. 1 2 Joel W. Martin & George E. Davis (2001). An Updated Classification of the Recent Crustacea (PDF). Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. pp. 1–132.
  2. ↑ L. S. Kornicker & T. M. Iliffe (1989). "Ostracoda (Myodocopina, Cladocopina, Halocypridina) mainly from anchialine caves in Bermuda" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 475 (475): 1–88. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.475.
  3. ↑ L. S. Kornicker & T.M. Iliffe (1992). "Ostracoda (Halocypridina: Cladocopina) from anchialine caves in Jamaica, West Indies" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 530 (530): 1–72. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.530.
  4. ↑ L. S. Kornicker & T.M. Iliffe (1995). "Ostracoda (Halocypridina: Cladocopina) from an anchialine lava tube in Lanzarote, Canary Islands" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 568 (568): 1–32. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.568.
  5. ↑ L. S. Kornicker & T.M. Iliffe (1998). "Myodocopid Ostracoda (Halocypridina, Cladocopina) from anchialine caves in the Bahamas, Canary Islands, and Mexico" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 599 (599): 1–93. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.599.
  6. ↑ "Polycopidae". Retrieved March 15, 2013.