Polycopidae

Polycopidae
Halocyprida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Ostracoda
Subclass: Myodocopa
Order: Halocyprida
Suborder: Cladocopina
Sars, 1865 [1]
Superfamily: Polycopoidea
Sars, 1865
Family: Polycopidae
Sars, 1865

Polycopidae is a family of ostracods. Its members are related to animals in the suborder Halocypridina, but are sufficiently distinct to be placed in their own sub-order, Cladocopina. There is speculation that a separate order may be warranted.[1] 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).[2][3][4][5]

The following genera are included:[6]

  • Archypolycope Chavtur, 1981
  • Eupolycope Chavtur, 1981
  • Metapolycope Kornicker & van Morkhoven, 1976
  • Micropolycope Chavtur, 1979
  • Orthopolycope Chavtur, 1981
  • Parapolycope Klie, 1936
  • Parapolycopissa Chavtur, 1981
  • Polycope Sars, 1866
  • Polycopetta Chavtur, 1981
  • Polycopiella Chavtur, 1981
  • Polycopissa Chavtur, 1979
  • Polycopsis Mueller, 1894
  • Pontopolycope Chavtur, 1981
  • Pseudopolycope Chavtur, 1981

References

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  1. ^ a b Joel W. Martin & George E. Davis (2001) (PDF). An Updated Classification of the Recent Crustacea. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. pp. 1–132. http://atiniui.nhm.org/pdfs/3839/3839.pdf. 
  2. ^ L. S. Kornicker & T. M. Iliffe (1989). "Ostracoda (Myodocopina, Cladocopina, Halocypridina) mainly from anchialine caves in Bermuda" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 475: 1–88. http://si-pddr.si.edu/dspace/bitstream/10088/5609/2/SCtZ-0475-Lo_res.pdf. 
  3. ^ L. S. Kornicker & T.M. Iliffe (1992). "Ostracoda (Halocypridina: Cladocopina) from anchialine caves in Jamaica, West Indies" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 530: 1–72. http://si-pddr.si.edu/dspace/bitstream/10088/5607/2/SCtZ-0530-Lo_res.pdf. 
  4. ^ L. S. Kornicker & T.M. Iliffe (1995). "Ostracoda (Halocypridina: Cladocopina) from an anchialine lava tube in Lanzarote, Canary Islands" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 568: 1–32. http://si-pddr.si.edu/dspace/bitstream/10088/5606/2/SCtZ-0568-Lo_res.pdf. 
  5. ^ L. S. Kornicker & T.M. Iliffe (1998). "Myodocopid Ostracoda (Halocypridina, Cladocopina) from anchialine caves in the Bahamas, Canary Islands, and Mexico" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 599: 1–93. http://si-pddr.si.edu/dspace/bitstream/10088/5605/2/SCtZ-0599-Lo_res.pdf. 
  6. ^ David Horne (2011). "Polycopidae". World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127484. Retrieved October 17, 2011. 

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