Overview
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A Family in the Kingdom Animalia.
Taxonomy
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The Family Bythocytheridae is a member of the Superfamily Cytheroidea. Here is the complete "parentage" of Bythocytheridae:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia
Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa
Aguinaldo Et Al., 1997 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - ecdysozoans
- Superphylum: Panarthropoda
Cuvier
- Phylum: Arthropoda
Latreille, 1829 - Arthropods
- Subphylum: Mandibulata
Snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum: Crustaceomorpha
(Chernyshev, 1960)
- Superclass: Crustacea
(krus-TA-see-a)
Pennant, 1777
- Class: Ostracoda
Latreille, 1802 - Ostracods
- Subclass: Podocopa
Müller, 1894
- Order: Podocopida
(Sars, 1866) G.w. Müller, 1894
- Suborder: Cytherocopina
Baird, 1850
- Superfamily: Cytheroidea
Baird, 1850
- Family: Bythocytheridae Sars, 1866
- Superfamily: Cytheroidea
Baird, 1850
- Suborder: Cytherocopina
Baird, 1850
- Order: Podocopida
(Sars, 1866) G.w. Müller, 1894
- Subclass: Podocopa
Müller, 1894
- Class: Ostracoda
Latreille, 1802 - Ostracods
- Superclass: Crustacea
(krus-TA-see-a)
Pennant, 1777
- Infraphylum: Crustaceomorpha
(Chernyshev, 1960)
- Subphylum: Mandibulata
Snodgrass, 1938
- Phylum: Arthropoda
Latreille, 1829 - Arthropods
- Superphylum: Panarthropoda
Cuvier
- Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa
Aguinaldo Et Al., 1997 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - ecdysozoans
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Kingdom: Animalia
Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
The Family Bythocytheridae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Subfamily (4): Cytherinae · Cytheropterinae · Cytherurinae · Limnocytherinae
- Genus (93): Acetabulastoma · Actinocythereis · Agrenocythere · Ambocythere · Ambostracon · Ankylocythere · Ascetocythere · Aspidoconcha · Aurila · Baffinicythere · Basslerites · Bensonocythere · Bradleya · Bythoceratina · Bythocythere · Callistocythere · Campylocythere · Carinocythereis · Celtia · Cluthia · Cobanocythere · Cyprideis · Cythere · Cythereis · Cytheretta · Cytheridea · Cytherois · Cytheromorpha · Cytheropteron · Cytherura · Dactylocythere · Donnaldsoncythere · Echinocythereis · Elofsonia · Entocythere · Eucythere · Eucytherura · Finmarchinella · Haplocytheridea · Harpagocythere · Hartocythere · Hemicythere · Hemicytherura · Hermanites · Hobbsiella · Jonesia · Krithe · Leptocythere · Limnocythere · Lordocythere · Loxoconcha · Malzella · Microcythere · Muellerina · Munseyella · Neocaudites · Neocytherideis · Neolophocythere · Neomonoceratina · Orionina · Ornithocythere · Palmoconcha · Paracyprideis · Paracytheridea · Paracytherois · Paradoxostoma · Pectocythere · Pellucistoma · Peratocytheridea · Perissocytheridea · Phymocythere · Pontocythere · Protocytheretta · Psammocythere · Pseudocythere · Pterygocythereis · Pumilocytheridea · Puriana · Quadracythere · Rabilimis · Radimella · Rhadinocythere · Robertsonites · Sagmatocythere · Sarsicytheridea · Saurocythere · Sclerochilus · Semicytherura · Spinileberis · Thermastrocythere · Trachyleberis · Uncinocythere · Xestoleberis
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 420 species and subspecies in the Family Bythocytheridae.
Genera
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Acetabulastoma
Actinocythereis
Agrenocythere
Ambocythere
Ambostracon
Ankylocythere
Ascetocythere
Aspidoconcha
Aurila
Baffinicythere
Basslerites
Bensonocythere
Bradleya
Bythoceratina
Bythocythere
Callistocythere
Campylocythere
Carinocythereis
Celtia
Cluthia
Cobanocythere
Cyprideis
Cythere
Cythereis
Cytheretta
Cytheridea
Cytherois
Cytheromorpha
Cytheropteron
Cytherura
Dactylocythere
Donnaldsoncythere
Echinocythereis
Elofsonia
Entocythere
Eucythere
Eucytherura
Finmarchinella
Haplocytheridea
Harpagocythere
Hartocythere
Hemicythere
Hemicytherura
Hermanites
Hobbsiella
Jonesia
A Genus in the Kingdom Animalia. [more]
Krithe
Leptocythere
Limnocythere
Limnocythere is a genus of in family Limnocytheridae. It contains the following species: [more]
Lordocythere
Loxoconcha
Malzella
Microcythere
Muellerina
A Genus in the Kingdom Animalia. [more]
Munseyella
Neocaudites
Neocytherideis
Neolophocythere
Neomonoceratina
Orionina
Ornithocythere
Palmoconcha
Paracyprideis
Paracytheridea
Paracytherois
Paradoxostoma
Pectocythere
Pellucistoma
Peratocytheridea
Perissocytheridea
Phymocythere
Pontocythere
Protocytheretta
Psammocythere
Pseudocythere
Pterygocythereis
Pumilocytheridea
Puriana
Quadracythere
Rabilimis
Radimella
Rhadinocythere
Robertsonites
Sagmatocythere
Sarsicytheridea
Saurocythere
Sclerochilus
Semicytherura
Spinileberis
Thermastrocythere
Trachyleberis
Uncinocythere
Xestoleberis
At least 29 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Xestoleberis.
More info about the Genus Xestoleberis may be found here.
Sources
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