Order Platycopida Sars 1866 (ostracod)
Synonym: Platycopamorphes Abushik 1990
Parent taxon: Podocopa according to T. Kolar-Jurkovšek et al. 2024
See also Abushik and Evdokimova 2016, Chitnarin 2017, Crasquin 2008, Hegna et al. 2020, Lajblová and Kraft 2014, Liebau 2005, Martin and Davis 2001 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Cetollina, Eumiraculum, Palaeocopida, Podocopida
Subtaxa: Ellesclavidae Gotlandella Kloedenellocopida Platycopina Quasiknoxiella Struveopsis
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder