Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Oligostraca > Class Ostracoda > Subclass Podocopa > Order Podocopida > Suborder Cytherocopina > Superfamily Cytheroidea > Family Cytheridae

Cythere Mueller, 1785

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cytherina*	Lamarck, 1818	synonym

Children

Cythere acuta Baird, 1850
Cythere concentrica (Koninck, 1841) Dupont, 1863
Cythere crispata Brady, 1868
Cythere lutea Müller, 1785

Literature

original description	Müller, O.F. (1785). Entomostraca seu Insecta Testacea, quae in aquis Daniae et Norvegiae reperit, descripsit et iconibus illustravit Otho Fridericus Müller. [The Entomostraca or Insecta Testacea, which he finds in the waters of Denmark and Norway, were described and illustrated by icons by Otho Friedrich Müller.]. F.W. Thiele, Lipsiae & Havniae. 134 pp., index, pls. 1-21.
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
subsequent type designation	Brady, G. S. & Norman, A. M. (1889). A monograph of the marine and freshwater Ostracoda of the North Atlantic and of north western Europe. Section I. Podocopa. Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society. 4(2):63-270.

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Citation

Brandão, S.N.; Antonietto, L.S; Nery, D.G.; Pereira, J.S.; Praxedes, R.A.; Santos, S.G.; Karanovic, I. (2025). World Ostracoda Database. Cythere Mueller, 1785. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127589