Overview
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A Family in the Kingdom Animalia.
Taxonomy
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The Family Cytherideidae is a member of the Superfamily Cytheroidea. Here is the complete "parentage" of Cytherideidae:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa
A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. 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: Cytherideidae Sars, 1925
- 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
A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - ecdysozoans
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Kingdom: Animalia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
The Family Cytherideidae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Subfamily (1): Cytherideinae
- Genus (14): Clythrocytheridea · Cuneocythere · Cyprideis · Cytheridea · Cytherissa · Eucytheridea · Haplocytheridea · Hemicytheridea · Heterocyprideis · Paracyprideis · Peratocytheridea · Pumilocytheridea · Rotundracythere · Sarsicytheridea
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 65 species and subspecies in the Family Cytherideidae.
Genera
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Clythrocytheridea
Cuneocythere
A Genus in the Kingdom Animalia. [more]
Cyprideis
Cytheridea
Cytherissa
Eucytheridea
Haplocytheridea
Hemicytheridea
Heterocyprideis
Paracyprideis
Peratocytheridea
Pumilocytheridea
Rotundracythere
Sarsicytheridea
At least 3 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Sarsicytheridea.
More info about the Genus Sarsicytheridea may be found here.
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