Suborder CladocopinaSars, 1865 Rank Family Subclass Myodocopa | Subphylum Crustacea Scientific name Polycopidae Higher classification Polycopoidea | |
Superfamily PolycopoideaSars, 1865 Similar Halocyprida, Myodocopa, Podocopa, Myodocopida | ||
Polycopidae is a family of marine ostracods. Its members are related to animals in the suborder Halocypridina, but are sufficiently distinct to be placed in their own sub-order, Cladocopina. There is speculation that a separate order may be warranted. The genera in the family differ from the other suborder, Halocypridina, in several features: the central adductor muscle scars are in a triangular (3 scars) or half-rosette (15 scars) pattern, they lack sixth and seventh limbs, and the maxilla (=fourth limb) has both an exopod and endopod (the maxilla in the Halocypridina lacks an exopod).
The following genera are included:
References
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