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Halocyprida

The Halocyprida is one of the two orders within the Myodocopa, in turn a subclass of the ostracods. Like their relatives in the order Myodocopida, they have a long exopod on the second antenna. However, unlike myodocopids, their fifth appendage is leg-like rather than modified for feeding, their seventh limb is reduced or absent, and they have no lateral eyes. The group is primarily planktonic. There are two suborders: Halocypridina and Cladocopina.

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Halocyprida
Conchoecilla daphnoides
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Ostracoda
Order: Halocyprida
Dana, 1853
Suborders

Cladocopina
Halocypridina

The Halocyprida is one of the two orders within the Myodocopa, in turn a subclass of the ostracods.1 Like their relatives in the order Myodocopida, they have a long exopod on the second antenna. However, unlike myodocopids, their fifth appendage is leg-like rather than modified for feeding, their seventh limb is reduced or absent, and they have no lateral eyes. The group is primarily planktonic. There are two suborders: Halocypridina and Cladocopina.1

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  1. Joel W. Martin & George E. Davis (2001). An Updated Classification of the Recent Crustacea (PDF). Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. p. 132. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-05-12. Retrieved 2010-11-13.
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