Subfamily Cypridininae Baird 1850 (ostracod)
Ostracoda - Myodocopida - Cypridinidae
Parent taxon: Cypridinidae according to L. S. Kornicker and I. G. Sohn 2000
See also Benson et al. 1961
Sister taxa: Azygocypridina, Codonocera, Cypridina, Gigantocypris, Heterodesmus, Macrocypridina, Monopia, Palaeocypridina, Prodigiosus, Triadocypridininae, Triadogigantocypris, Vargula
Subtaxa: Cypridinini
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder-detritivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Cypridininae in the database