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  Superfamily Cytheroidea

Family Cytheruridae

    Genus Cytherura
    Genus Semicytherura
    Genus Angulicytherura
    Genus Cytheropteron
    Genus Eocytheropteron
    Genus Eucytherura
    Genus Hemicytherura
    Genus Microhoweina
    Genus Pedicythere
    Genus Pseudocytherura
    Genus Swainocythere
    Genus Tetracytherura
    Genus Xylocythere

Taxon Information

The Family Cytheruridae has been reported (or is assumed) to occur in fresh waters. This taxon has been reported from North America.

(These statements were generated automatically from the WInvertebrates database.)

Literature Records

• Cytheruridae, (Martens & Savatenalinton, 2011).
• Cytheruridae, [Palearctic, Nearctic, Neotropical; 20 species in 4 genera worldwide, 2 Nearctic species in 1 genus] (Martens et al., 2008).

Bibliography

• Martens, K. & S. Savatenalinton. 2011. A subjective checklist of the Recent, free-living, non-marine Ostracoda (Crustacea). Zootaxa 2855: 1-79. [Available online]
• Martens, K., I. Schön, C. Meisch, & D.J. Horne. 2008. Global diversity of ostracods (Ostracoda, Crustacea) in freshwater. Hydrobiologia 595: 185-193. [Available online]

Web Pages

• WikiSpecies
• World Ostracoda Database
• World Register of Marine Species