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Podocopida

The Podocopida are an order of ostracods in the subclass Podocopa. It is the most diverse of the five orders of ostracods, and the only one with freshwater species. The group also has a rich fossil record.

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Podocopida
Candona candida
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Ostracoda
Subclass: Podocopa
Order: Podocopida
Sars, 1866
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The Podocopida are an order of ostracods in the subclass Podocopa.1 It is the most diverse of the five orders of ostracods, and the only one with freshwater species.23 The group also has a rich fossil record.4

The superfamily Cytheroidea in the suborder Cytherocopina consists of non-swimming crawlers and burrowers. Most species are marine, but at least seven extant lineages have independently adapted to freshwater. The largest freshwater family is Limnocytheridae, with about 150 species in 20 genera.5

Taxonomy

The following suborders and unassigned taxa are contained in the order Podocopida:1

  • Superfamily †Carbonitacea
  • Suborder Bairdiocopina
  • Suborder Cypridocopina
  • Suborder Cytherocopina
  • Suborder Darwinulocopina
  • Suborder Sigilliocopina
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References

References

  1. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Podocopida". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
  2. The Lost World of Fossil Lake: Snapshots from Deep Time
  3. Chapter 22 Class Ostracoda - — Library
  4. Akira Tsukagoshi & Andrew R. Parker (2000). "Trunk segmentation of some podocopine lineages in Ostracoda". In David J. Horne & Koen Martens (eds.). Evolutionary Biology and Ecology of Ostracoda. Vol. 419. pp. 15–30. doi:10.1023/A:1003981806643. ISBN 0-7923-6396-5. S2CID 32234952. {{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)
  5. Collecting and Processing Living, Non-Marine Ostracods