World Ostracoda Database

Ostracoda taxon details

Ostracoda

Mikroconchoecia

AphiaID

1078 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1078)

Classification

Authority

Latreille, 1806

Status

accepted

Rank

Class

Parent

Oligostraca

Synonymised names

Ostrachoda · unaccepted

Direct children (15)

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Subclass Myodocopa
Subclass Podocopa
Order Eridostracoda † accepted as Eridostracina † (unaccepted > superseded rank)
Subclass Metacopa † accepted as Metacopina † (unaccepted > superseded rank, accepted at Suborder level)
Superorder Myodocopamorphes accepted as Myodocopa (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
Superorder Myodocopomorpha accepted as Myodocopa (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
Suborder Palaeocopa accepted as Palaeocopida † (unaccepted > superseded rank)
Superorder Palaeocopamorphes † accepted as Palaeocopida † (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
Suborder Paraparchitocopa † accepted as Paraparchitoidea Scott, 1959 † (unaccepted > superseded rank, accepted at superfamily level)
Subclass Platycopa accepted as Platycopida (unaccepted > superseded rank)
Superorder Platycopamorphes † accepted as Platycopida (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
Superorder Podocopamorphes accepted as Podocopa (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
Superorder Podocopomorpha accepted as Podocopa (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
Subclass Punciocopa accepted as Punciocopida (unaccepted > superseded rank)
Subclass Ostracoda incertae sedis (temporary name)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Latreille, P. A. (1806). Genera Crustaceorum et Insectorum Secundum Ordinem Naturalem in Familias Disposita, Iconibus Exemplisque Plurimis Explicata. Tomus I. Parisiis et Argentorati apud Amand Koenig bibliopolam. 388p. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Ostracoda (2026). Ostracoda. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/ostracoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1078 on 2026-08-18

Taxonomic edit history

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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2005-05-04 07:42:17Z

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Cuvelier, Daphne

2010-11-27 17:53:41Z

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Brandão, Simone Nunes

2012-06-28 11:09:19Z

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Brandão, Simone Nunes

2013-07-22 10:37:26Z

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Brandão, Simone Nunes

2015-05-05 09:47:59Z

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Boxshall, Geoff

2016-05-19 09:31:12Z

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Brandão, Simone Nunes

2026-02-10 19:50:56Z

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Brandão, Simone Nunes

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original description Latreille, P. A. (1806). Genera Crustaceorum et Insectorum Secundum Ordinem Naturalem in Familias Disposita, Iconibus Exemplisque Plurimis Explicata. Tomus I. Parisiis et Argentorati apud Amand Koenig bibliopolam. 388p. [details]

original description (of Ostrachoda) Latreille, P.A. (1802). Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes. Familles naturelles des genre. Ouvrage faisant suite aux oeuvres de Leclerc de Buffon, et partie du cours complet d'histoire naturelle rédigé par C. S. Sonnin, membre de plusieurs Sociétés savantes. de L'imprimerie de F. Dufart, Paris. 2:382 p., XV pls.
page(s): 358; note: First publication of the term Ostrachoda (with an h between the c and the o). [details]

redescription Hartmann, G. (1975). Ostracoda. In: Gruner, H (ed.). Dr. H.G. Bronns Klassen und Ordnungen des Tierreichs. Fünfter Band: Arthropoda. I. Abteilung: Crustacea. 2. Buch, IV. Teil. 4. Lieferung. Seite 569-768. Textabbildungen 374-474.Akademiche Verlaggesellschaft Geest & Portig K.-G. Veb Gustav Fischer Verlag Jena. [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

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Language	Name
Dutch	mosselkreeftjes	[details]
English	ostracodsmussel shrimp	[details]
German	Muschelkrebse	[details]
Swedish	musselkräftor	[details]

Kempf Ostracods Database
Living ostracods
Ostracods in The Micropalaeontological Society
Paleocast, Episode 35: Ostracods
Pretty swimming Ostracoda (planktonic Gigantocypris)
Tabular Key to the Subclasses of Ostracoda and Families of Myodocopa by Anne C. Cohen
The International Research Group on Ostracoda (IRGO) is an interdisciplinary, international organization of about 400 research scientists studying living and fossil Ostracoda.
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ostracoda)
To Genbank
To The Arctic Traits Database (4 traits)
To ITIS

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Mikroconchoecia

Cytherocopina (Suborder) Cytheroidea (Superfamily) Trachyleberididae Dutoitella

Ostracods: examples

Holotype of the deep-sea Abyssocythere bensoni Brandão, Stuhlmann, Vital & Brandt, 2016 (ostracod)

Cytherocopina (Suborder) Cytheroidea (Superfamily) Trachyleberididae (Family) - Henryhowella from the Southern Ocean

Cylindroleberididae

Bythocypris

Myodocopina (Suborder) Sarsielloidea (Superfamily) Philomedidae (Family)

Platycopida (Order) Platycopina (Suborder) Cytherelloidea (Superfamily) Cytherellidae (Family) Cytherella

Cylindroleberidinae

Macrocypria sarsi

Cypridocopina (Suborder) Macrocypridoidea (Superfamily) Macrocyprididae Macroscapha

Bathyconchoecia

Halocyprididae - Bathyconchoecia sp.

Cytherocopina (Suborder) Cytheroidea (Superfamily) Trachyleberididae (Family) Pseudobosquetina

Platycopina (Suborder) Cytherelloidea (Superfamily) Cytherellidae (Family) Cytherella

Cytherocopina (Suborder) Cytheroidea (Superfamily) Bythocytheridae (Family) Vitjasiella

Bairdiocopina (Suborder) Bairdioidea (Superfamily) Bythocyprididae (Family) Bythopussela brandtae Brandão, 2008

Cytherocopina (Suborder) Cytheroidea (Superfamily) Trachyleberididae (Family) Legitimocythere

Metapolycope divae Karanovic & Brandão, 2012

Bythocyprididae

Legitimocythere

Zabythocypris

Bairdiocopina Bythocyprididae Zabythocypris

Bairdocopina Bairdioidea Bythocyprididae Zabythocypris

Cytherocopina Trachyleberididae Dutoitella dinglei Brandão et al., 2016

Paralectotype of Cythere dasyderma Brady, 1880

Limbs of Poseidonamicus yasuharai Brandão & Päplow, 2011

Ostracoda - Morphology of a typical ostracod (Horne, 2005)

Ostracoda - "Morphology of a ostracod: internal valve morphology and limbs of a cytheroidean podocopid" (Horne, 2005)

Cytherocopina (Suborder) Cytheroidea (Superfamily) Cytheruridae (Family) Pelecocythere

Cytherocopina (Suborder) Cytheroidea (Superfamily) Cytheruridae (Family) Cytheropteron

Holotype of Poseidonamicus tainae Brandão in Brandão & Päplow, 2011

Cytherocopina Cytheroidea Thaerocytheridae - Holotype of Poseidonamicus tainae Brandão in Brandão & Päplow, 2011

Cytherocopina, Thaerocytheridae - Poseidonamicus collected from the deep Southern Ocean during the ANDEEP II expedition

Pelecocythere

Conchoecissa imbricata female

Ostracod hinge types (from Yamaguchi, 2019: Fig. 2)