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Cythereis indocilis

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Trachyleberididae

Taxonomy

Cythereis indocilis was named by Bertels (1969). Its type specimen is FCEN-LM 260, a carapace (Complete caparace), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

C. americana, C. bartensteini, C. bernardi, C. bigrandis, C. buechlerae, C. bursilloides, C. carpenterae, C. catahoulana, C. collei, C. coronata, C. davidwhitei, C. dentonensis, C. elmana, C. elongata, C. exanthamata, C. exanthemata, C. fahrinoni, C. fragillissima, C. garretti, C. gosportensis, C. gueltaensis, C. hawleyi, C. hirsuta, C. horrescens, C. huntensis, C. hysonensis, C. hysonensis, C. implicata, C. ischoppi, C. israelskyi, C. libanensis, C. linospinosa, C. longicostata, C. mahonae, C. malzi, C. martini, C. mersondaviesi, C. nuda, C. ornatissima, C. paupera, C. phoenissa, C. pipkinensis, C. pustulosissima, C. quinquespinosa, C. reklawensis, C. rugipunctata, C. sebastiensis, C. senckenbergi, C. sinuata, C. smithvillensis, C. spinosa, C. splendens, C. subgoodlandensis, C. trinidadensis, C. tuberculata, C. uptonensis, C. variabilocostata, C. vaughani, C. worthensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1969	Cythereis indocilis Bertels pp. 264-265

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa	Aguinaldo et al. 1997
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Gravenhorst 1843
—	Deuteropoda
—	Mandibulata
—	Pancrustacea	Zrzavý and Štys 1997
—	Hymenostraca	(Rolfe 1969)

Rank	Name	Author
superclass	Oligostraca	Zrzavý et al. 1997
class	Ostracoda
subclass	Podocopa	Sars 1865
order	Podocopida	Sars 1866
suborder	Sigilliocopina	Martens 1992
superfamily	Cytheroidea	(Baird 1850)
family	Trachyleberididae	Sylvester-Bradley 1948
subfamily	Trachyleberidinae	Bradley 1948
genus	Cythereis	Jones 1849
species	indocilis

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.

†Cythereis indocilis Bertels 1969

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Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
A. Bertels 1969	Species of the genus Cythereis of shell small, subtrapezcidal, with three elevations very smooth longitudinals and surface reticulated.

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

low Mg calcitec

Environment:

hypersaline, marine, brackish, freshwaterc

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

epifaunalo

Diet:

detritivoreo

Diet 2:

grazero

Vision:

limitedc

Created:

2010-02-05 02:00:00

Modified:

2010-02-23 23:16:56

Source: o = order, c = class

References: Jell and Adrain 2002, Kiessling 2004

Collections

No collection or age range data are available