Polycopidae Explained

Polycopidae is a family of marine ostracods. Its members are related to animals in the suborder Halocypridina, but are sufficiently distinct to be placed in the sub-order Cladocopina. There is even some speculation that a separate order may be warranted. The genera in the family differ from the other suborder, Halocypridina, in several features: the central adductor muscle scars are in a triangular (3 scars) or half-rosette (15 scars) pattern, they lack sixth and seventh limbs, and the maxilla (=fourth limb) has both an exopod and endopod (the maxilla in the Halocypridina lacks an exopod).[1] [2] [3] [4]

The following genera are included:[5]

Notes and References

  1. L. S. Kornicker & T. M. Iliffe . 1989 . Ostracoda (Myodocopina, Cladocopina, Halocypridina) mainly from anchialine caves in Bermuda . . 475 . 1–88 . 475 . 10.5479/si.00810282.475.
  2. L. S. Kornicker & T.M. Iliffe . 1992 . Ostracoda (Halocypridina: Cladocopina) from anchialine caves in Jamaica, West Indies . Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology . 530 . 1–72 . 530 . 10.5479/si.00810282.530.
  3. L. S. Kornicker & T.M. Iliffe . 1995 . Ostracoda (Halocypridina: Cladocopina) from an anchialine lava tube in Lanzarote, Canary Islands . Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology . 568 . 1–32 . 568 . 10.5479/si.00810282.568.
  4. L. S. Kornicker & T.M. Iliffe . 1998 . Myodocopid Ostracoda (Halocypridina, Cladocopina) from anchialine caves in the Bahamas, Canary Islands, and Mexico . Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology . 599 . 1–93 . 599 . 10.5479/si.00810282.599.
  5. Web site: Polycopidae . March 15, 2013.

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