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Cytherellidae
Sign in to saveCytherellidae is the only living family of the ostracod order Platycopida. Eyes are absent. It contains 11 genera: †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
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassOstracoda
- OrderPlatycopida
- FamilyCytherellidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 17
- With media
- 12
- Family
- Cytherellidae
- Collections
- MUSEU NACIONAL/UFRJ, NRM, WAM
- Recorded in
- Brasil, Sweden, Australia, Spain, Venezuela
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Platycopida
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- taxon name
- Cytherellidae
- taxon rank
- family
- topic's main category
- Category:Cytherellidae
- temporal range start
- Jurassic
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Cytherellidae is the only living family of the ostracod order Platycopida. Eyes are absent. It contains 11 genera: †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==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cytherellidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.