Cytherellidae
Family of seed shrimps
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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
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Ostracoda |
| Order: | Platycopida |
| Suborder: | Platycopina |
| Family: | Cytherellidae G. O. Sars, 1866[1] |
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