Cytherellidae Explained

Cytherellidae is the only living family of the ostracod order Platycopida.^{[1] [2]} Eyes are absent.^[3] It contains 11 genera:^[1]

• †Abursus Loranger, 1954
• †Alveus Hamilton, 1942
• †Ankumia Veen, 1932
• Cytherella Jones, 1849
• Cytherelloidea Alexander, 1929
• †Geelongella McKenzie, Reyment & Reyment, 1991
• Grammcythella Swanson et al., 2005
• Inversacytherella Swanson et al., 2005
• Keijcyoidea Malz, 1981
• Platella Coryell & Fields, 1937
• †Staringia Veen, 1936

Notes and References

1. S. Brandao & D. Horne . 2009 . Cytherellidae . 127486 . Ostracoda . April 9, 2010.
2. https://books.google.com/books?id=nXFkzGkIvAIC&dq=Cytherellidae+single+extant+family+Platycopida&pg=PA191 Ostracodology - Linking Bio- and Geosciences Proceedings of the 15th International Symposium on Ostracoda
3. 122207 . 2002 . Oakley . T. H. . Cunningham . C. W. . Molecular phylogenetic evidence for the independent evolutionary origin of an arthropod compound eye . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America . 99 . 3 . 1426–1430 . 10.1073/pnas.032483599 . 11818548 . 2002PNAS...99.1426O . free .