WoRMS taxon details
Ostracoda
- Subclass Myodocopa
- Subclass Podocopa
- Order Eridostracoda † accepted as Eridostracina † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- 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 superseded rank, accepted at Suborder level)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 superseded rank)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 subjective 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 superseded rank, accepted at superfamily level)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 superseded rank)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 subjective synonym)
- Superorder Podocopamorphes accepted as Podocopa (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Superorder Podocopomorpha accepted as Podocopa (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subclass Punciocopa accepted as Punciocopida (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Subclass Ostracoda incertae sedis (temporary name)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Latreille, P.A. (1802). Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes. Familles naturelles des genre. <em>Ouvrage faisant suite à l'Histoire Naturelle générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon, et rédigée par C.S. Sonnini, membre de plusieurs Sociétés savantes. de L'imprimerie de F. Dufart, Paris.</em> 2:382 p., XV pls.
page(s): 558; note: "Ostrachoda" "Ostrachodes" [details]
page(s): 558; note: "Ostrachoda" "Ostrachodes" [details]
WoRMS (2025). Ostracoda. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1078 on 2025-07-15
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Nomenclature
original description
Latreille, P.A. (1802). Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes. Familles naturelles des genre. <em>Ouvrage faisant suite à l'Histoire Naturelle générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon, et rédigée par C.S. Sonnini, membre de plusieurs Sociétés savantes. de L'imprimerie de F. Dufart, Paris.</em> 2:382 p., XV pls.
page(s): 558; note: "Ostrachoda" "Ostrachodes" [details]
page(s): 558; note: "Ostrachoda" "Ostrachodes" [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Hartmann, G. (1975). Ostracoda. <em>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.</em> [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | mosselkreeftjes | [details] |
| English | seed shrimpsostracodsmussel shrimp | [details] |
| German | OstracodenMuschelkrebse | [details] |
| Japanese | 貝形虫綱 | [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
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
From editor or global species database
