Cytherettidae

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Superclassis: Oligostraca
Classis: Ostracoda
Subclassis: Podocopa
Ordo: Podocopida
Subordo: Cytherocopina
Superfamilia: Cytheroidea
Familia: Cytherettidae
Genera: Cytheretta – Flexus – Loculicytheretta – Paracytheretta – Protocytheretta

Name

Cytherettidae Triebel, 1952

• Type genus: Cytheretta G. W. Müller, 1894
  • Remarks: Nomen translativum (upgrade) of Cytherettinae Triebel, 1952, introduced by Howe (1961).
    • Triebel, 1972 was a misprint in the publication of Hartmann & Puri 1974, but has been disseminated on the internet by ITIS and other online databases.

References

• Triebel, E. 1952: Ostracoden der Gattung Cytheretta aus dem Tertiär des Mainzer Beckens. Notizblatt des hessischen Landesamtes für Bodenforschung, Serie 6, 3: 15–30, 4 plates.
• Howe, H. V. in Benson, R. H. et al. 1961: Systematic descriptions. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part Q: Q99-Q422.