Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Class Ostracoda > Subclass Podocopa > Order Podocopida > Suborder Cypridocopina > Superfamily Pontocypridoidea

Pontocyprididae Müller, 1894

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Argilloecia Sars, 1865
Australoecia McKenzie, 1967
Pontocypria Müller, 1894
Pontocypris Sars, 1866
Propontocypris Sylvester-Bradley, 1947

Literature

basis of record	Horne, D.J.; Bruce, A.; Whittaker, J.E. (2001). Ostracoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 244-251
additional source	Hartmann G. (1997). Antarktische und subantarktische Podocopa (Ostracoda). Synopses of the Antarctic Benthos. Koeltz Scientific Books, Koenigstein, 355.
additional source	Maddocks, R.F. (1969a) Recent ostracodes of the Family Pontocyprididae chiefly from the Indian Ocean. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 7: 1-56.
redescription	Maddocks, R.F. (1991b) Revision of the family Pontocyprididae (Ostracoda), with new anchialine species and genera from Galapagos Islands. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 103, 309–333.

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Citation

Brandao, S. (2014). Pontocyprididae Müller, 1894. In: Brandão, S. N.; Angel, M. V.; Karanovic, I. (2014) World Ostracoda Database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127512