Suborder Platycopina Sars 1866 (ostracod)
Alternative spelling: Platycopa
Synonym: Cytherelliformes Skogsberg 1920
Parent taxon: Platycopida according to T. Kolar-Jurkovšek et al. 2024
See also Babinot and Colin 2011, Benson et al. 1961, Bertels 1968, Bertels 1973, Bertels 1974, Bertels 1975, Carreño and Cronin 1993, Chitnarin 2017, Crasquin 2008, Forel 2022, Lajblová and Kraft 2014, Liebau 2005, Marianos and Valentine 1958 and Zazzali et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Ellesclavidae, Gotlandella, Quasiknoxiella, Struveopsis, Kloedenellocopida
Subtaxa: Barychilinoidea Cavellinacea Cavellinoidea Cytherelloidea
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder