Cytherellidae

Cytherellidae Temporal range: Jurassic–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Ostracoda
Order:	Platycopida
Suborder:	Platycopina
Family:	Cytherellidae G. O. Sars, 1866[1]
Synonyms
Cytherelloidae [lapsus] †Spinososioellidae Kozur, 1991

Cytherellidae is the only living family of the ostracod order Platycopida.[2][3] Eyes are absent.[4] It contains 11 genera:[2]

• †Abursus Loranger, 1954
• †Alveus Hamilton, 1942
• †Ankumia Veen, 1932
• Cytherella Jones, 1849
• Cytherelloidea Alexander, 1929
• †Geelongella McKenzie, Reyment & Reyment, 1991
• Grammcythella Swanson et al., 2005
• Inversacytherella Swanson et al., 2005
• Keijcyoidea Malz, 1981
• Platella Coryell & Fields, 1937
• †Staringia Veen, 1936

References

1. G. O. Sars (1866). "Oversigt af Norges marine Ostracoder". Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania: 1–130.
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.

External links

• Data related to Cytherellidae at Wikispecies