Polycopidae is a family of marine ostracods. Its members are related to animals in the suborder Halocypridina, but are sufficiently distinct to be placed in the sub-order Cladocopina. There is even some speculation that a separate order may be warranted.[1] The genera in the family differ from the other suborder, Halocypridina, in several features: the central adductor muscle scars are in a triangular (3 scars) or half-rosette (15 scars) pattern, they lack sixth and seventh limbs, and the maxilla (=fourth limb) has both an exopod and endopod (the maxilla in the Halocypridina lacks an exopod).[2][3][4][5]
| Halocyprida | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Ostracoda |
| Order: | Halocyprida |
| Superfamily: | Polycopoidea Sars, 1865 [1] |
| Family: | Polycopidae Sars, 1865 |
The following genera are included:[6]
- Archypolycope Chavtur, 1981
- Axelheibergella Briggs, 1997
- †Discoidella Croneis & Gale, 1939
- Eupolycope Chavtur, 1981
- Hexopolycope Chavtur, 1981
- Hyphalocope I. Karanovic & Brandão, 2012
- Kliecope Tanaka, Tsukagoshi & Karanovic, 2014
- Metapolycope Kornicker & van Morkhoven, 1976
- Micropolycope Chavtur, 1981
- †Nodopolycope Kozur, 1985
- Orthopolycope Chavtur, 1981
- Parapolycope Klie, 1936
- Parapolycopissa Chavtur, 1981
- Permopolycope Kozur, 1985
- Polycope G. O. Sars, 1866
- Polycopetta Chavtur, 1981
- Polycopiella Chavtur, 1981
- Polycopinna Chavtur, 1981
- Polycopinoidea Hu & Tao, 2008
- Polycopissa Chavtur, 1981
- Polycopsis G. W. Mueller, 1894
- Pontopolycope Chavtur, 1981
- Pseudopolycope Chavtur, 1981
References edit
- ^ a b Joel W. Martin & George E. Davis (2001). An Updated Classification of the Recent Crustacea (PDF). Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. pp. 1–132.
- ^ L. S. Kornicker & T. M. Iliffe (1989). "Ostracoda (Myodocopina, Cladocopina, Halocypridina) mainly from anchialine caves in Bermuda" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 475 (475): 1–88. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.475.
- ^ L. S. Kornicker & T.M. Iliffe (1992). "Ostracoda (Halocypridina: Cladocopina) from anchialine caves in Jamaica, West Indies" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 530 (530): 1–72. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.530.
- ^ L. S. Kornicker & T.M. Iliffe (1995). "Ostracoda (Halocypridina: Cladocopina) from an anchialine lava tube in Lanzarote, Canary Islands" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 568 (568): 1–32. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.568.
- ^ L. S. Kornicker & T.M. Iliffe (1998). "Myodocopid Ostracoda (Halocypridina, Cladocopina) from anchialine caves in the Bahamas, Canary Islands, and Mexico" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 599 (599): 1–93. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.599.
- ^ "Polycopidae". Retrieved March 15, 2013.
External links edit
Data related to Polycopidae at Wikispecies
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