Cytherellidae
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Ostracoda |
| Order: | Platycopida |
| Suborder: | Platycopina |
| Family: | Cytherellidae G. O. Sars, 1866[1] |
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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
[edit]- ^ G. O. Sars (1866). "Oversigt af Norges marine Ostracoder". Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania: 1–130.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Ostracodology - Linking Bio- and Geosciences Proceedings of the 15th International Symposium on Ostracoda
- ^ 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
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Data related to Cytherellidae at Wikispecies
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