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Eucythere

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytherideidae

Taxonomy
Eucythere was named by Brady (1868) [Sepkoski's age data: K Vala R Sepkoski's reference number: 167]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Cytheridae by Alexander (1934); to Eucytheridae by Blaszyk (1987); to Podocopida by Sepkoski (2002); to Cytherideidae by Forel (2017); and to Eucytherinae by Ayress (1995), Ceolin et al. (2015) and Ceolin et al. (2024).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1868Eucythere Brady
1934Eucythere Alexander p. 215
1987Eucythere Blaszyk p. 67
1995Eucythere Ayress p. 904
2002Eucythere Sepkoski
2015Eucythere Ceolin et al.
2017Eucythere Forel
2024Eucythere Ceolin et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPodocopidaSars 1866
suborderSigilliocopinaMartens 1992
superfamilyCytheroidea(Baird 1850)
familyCytherideidaeSars 1925
subfamilyEucytherinae(Puri 1954)
genusEucythereBrady 1868

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.

G. Eucythere Brady 1868
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Subg. Eucythere (Rotundracythere) Mandelstam 1958
Eucythere byramensis Howe and Law 1936
Eucythere dinetos Ceolin et al. 2015
Eucythere lowei Howe 1936
Eucythere midwayensis Alexander 1934
Eucythere sulcocostatula Ayress 1995
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available