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  Superfamily Cytheroidea

Family Hemicytheridae

    Genus Tyrrhenocythere
    Genus Ambolus
    Genus Ambostracon
    Genus Auradilus
    Genus Aurila
    Genus Australicythere
    Genus Baffinicythere
    Genus Bensonocythere
    Genus Berguecythere
    Genus Elofsonella
    Genus Finmarchinella
    Genus Hartmannosa
    Genus Hemicythere
    Genus Hermanites
    Genus Johnnealella
    Genus Jugosocythereis
    Genus Kempfidea
    Genus Laperousecythere
    Genus Malzella
    Genus Muellerina
    Genus Neocaudites
    Genus Normanicythere
    Genus Orionina
    Genus Patagonacythere
    Genus Radimella
    Genus Robustaurila
    Genus Tepidiora
    Genus Thaerocythere
    Genus Thesceloscythere
    Genus Urocythereis
    Genus Yezocythere

Taxon Information

The Family Hemicytheridae has been reported (or is assumed) to occur in fresh waters. This taxon has not been reported from North America.

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

Literature Records

• Hemicytheridae, (Martens & Savatenalinton, 2011).
• Hemicytheridae, [Palearctic; 1 species worldwide] (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