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Cytherellidae

Synonyms: Cytherelloidae; Spinososioellidae

Wikipedia Abstract

Cytherellidae is a family of ostracods, and is the only living family in the order, Platycopida, although the family Punciidae is also sometimes included. Members of the family have existed since the Jurassic. It contains 6 genera: \n* Cytherella Jones, 1849 \n* Cytherelloidea Alexander, 1929 \n* Grammcythella Swanson et al., 2005 \n* Inversacytherella Swanson et al., 2005 \n* Keijcyoidea Malz, 1981 \n* Platella Coryell & Fields, 1937
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Genus

Alveus (1)
Cytherella (205)
Cytherelloidea (118)
Geelongella (1)
Grammcythella (1)
Inversacytherella (3)
Issacharella (1)
Keijcyoidea (21)
Platella (4)
Pyricythereis (6)
Spinososioella (1)
Staringia (1)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0