Punciidae

Punciidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Ostracoda
Order: Palaeocopida
Superfamily: Puncioidea
Family: Punciidae
Hornibrook, 1949

Punciidae is the only surviving family in the ostracod order Palaeocopida. Of the three known genera, Manawa is eyeless. No information available if Promanawa and Puncia have eyes or not.

Genera:

References

  1. ↑ Geological Records of Tsunamis and Other Extreme Waves
  2. ↑ Evolution and Phylogeny of Pancrustacea: A Story of Scientific Method
  3. ↑ On Homology of Arthropod Compound Eyes1 - Oxford Academic
  4. ↑ "Punciidae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 23 June 2021.