World Ostracoda Database

Ostracoda taxon details

Platycopida

Cytherella rwhatleyi Brandão, 2008

AphiaID

1612423 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1612423)

Classification

Authority

Sars, 1866

Status

accepted

Rank

Order

Parent

Podocopa

Synonymised names

Platycopa · unaccepted > superseded rank

Platycopamorphes † · unaccepted > junior objective synonym

Direct children (13)

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Family Cavellinidae Egorov, 1950 †
Family Gotlandellidae Sarv, 1978 †
Family Indivisiidae Egorov, 1954 †
Family Kloedcytherellidae Kozur, 1985 †
Family Kloedenellidae Ulrich & Bassler, 1908 †
Family Kloedenellitinidae Abushik, 1990 †
Family Knoxitidae Egorov, 1950 †
Suborder Metacopina †
Family Miltonellidae Sohn, 1950 †
Family Monotiopleuridae Guber & Jaanusson, 1964 †
Suborder Platycopina
Family Serenididae Rozhdesvenskaya, 1972 †
Suborder Kloedenellocopina † represented as †

Environment

marine, brackish, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Brandão, S. N.; Antonietto, L. S.; Carvalho, A. B. G. D.; Pereira, J. S.; Pereira, S. G. G.; Praxedes, R. A.; Sá, H. A. B.; Sabater, L. M. (2025). World Ostracoda Database. Platycopida. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/ostracoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1612423 on 2026-07-26

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2022-11-28 13:43:08Z

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Brandão, Simone Nunes

2022-11-28 17:12:19Z

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Antonietto, Lucas Silveira

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original description (of Platycopa) Sars, G.O. (1866). Oversigt af Norges marine ostracoder. [Overview of Norway's marine ostracods]. Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania. 1865(1):1-130., available online at https://dn790008.ca.archive.org/0/items/mobot31753002492947/mobot31753002492947.pdf, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44007425 [details]

original description (of Platycopamorphes †) Abushik, A. F. (1990). Practical manual to the microfauna of the USSR. Vol. 4. Paleozoic Ostracoda. In: Abushik, A.F. ; Guseva, E.A.; Ivanova, V.A.; Kanygin, A.V.; Kashevarova, N.P.; Melnikova, L.M.; Molostovskaya, I.I.; Neustrueva, I.Yu.; Sidaravichene, N.V.; Stepanaitys, N.E. & Chizhova, V.A. Handbook for paleontologists and geologists. Nedra, Ministry of Geology of USSR. All-Union Geological Research Institute. 356 р. [details] Available for editors

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replacement name source Horne, D.J. (2005). Microfossils/Ostracoda. Encyclopedia of Geology. 453-463., available online at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B0123693969005116 [details] Available for editors

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