Family CYTHERELLIDAE Sars, 1866
Compiler and date details
March 2012 - Dr Anna Syme, Museum Victoria (updated to February 2012).
December 2010 - Dr Anna Syme, Museum Victoria
30 May 2007 - Dr Ivana Karanovic, Western Australian Museum, Perth (currently at Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery)
- Cytherellidae Sars, G.O. 1866. Oversigt af Norges Marine Ostracoder. Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania 1865: 1-130.
Introduction
The family Cytherellidae is the only living family in the order Platycopida.
Diagnosis
Dorsal margins of valves slightly convex, ventral margins straight or slightly concave. Inner lamella calcified only in outermost parts or not calcified. Left and right valves unequal; without true marginal pores, but false marginal pores. Contact groove of larger valve uninterrupted. Hinge without teeth. Muscle field elliptical, consisting of 2 slightly backward curved vertical rows of scars. Number of scars small. Surface more or less sculptured, never smooth. Brood chamber separated from carapace with vertical list. Appendages same as for order.
Diagnosis References
Hartmann, G. & Puri, H.S. 1974. Summary of neontological and paleontological classification of Ostracoda. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut 70: 7-73 [17]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28-Mar-2012 | 28-Mar-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 30-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |