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Cyprellidae

Ostracoda - Cypridinida - Cyprellidae

Taxonomy
Cyprellidae was named by Sylvester-Bradley (1961). Its type is Cyprella.

It was assigned to Cypridinacea by Benson et al. (1961); and to Cyprelloidea by Liebau (2005).

Subtaxa
Cyprella (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Cyprellidae Benson et al. p. Q402
1961Cyprellidae Sylvester-Bradley p. Q402
2005Cyprellidae Liebau p. 120

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
RankNameAuthor
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
superorderMyodocopomorpha(Kozur 1972)
orderCypridinidaSkogsberg 1920
superfamilyCyprelloideaSylvester-Bradley 1961
familyCyprellidaeSylvester-Bradley 1961
familyCyprellidaeSylvester-Bradley 1961

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. †Cyprellidae Sylvester-Bradley 1961
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G. †Cyprella
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: hypersaline, marine, brackish, freshwaterc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2007-09-04 06:54:01
Modified: 2011-06-14 02:59:32
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available