Heterodesmus Brady 1865 (ostracod)

Ostracoda - Myodocopida - Cypridinidae

Parent taxon: Cypridinidae according to R. H. Benson et al. 1961

Sister taxa: Azygocypridina, Codonocera, Cypridina, Cypridininae, Gigantocypris, Macrocypridina, Monopia, Palaeocypridina, Prodigiosus, Triadocypridininae, Triadogigantocypris, Vargula

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder-detritivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Heterodesmus in the database

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