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

Cytherellidae
Temporal range: Jurassic–Recent
Scientific classification Edit this 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

References

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  1. ^ G. O. Sars (1866). "Oversigt af Norges marine Ostracoder". Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania: 1–130.
  2. ^ 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.
  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.
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