Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Oligostraca > Class Ostracoda > Subclass Myodocopa > Order Myodocopida

Myodocopina Sars, 1866

Rank: Suborder
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Cylindroleberidoidea Mueller, 1906
Cypridinoidea Baird, 1850
Sarsielloidea Brady & Norman, 1896

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ミオドコーパ／ウミホタル亜目

Literature

original description	Sars, G.O. (1866). Oversigt af Norges marine ostracoder. [Overview of Norway's marine ostracods]. Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania. 1865(1):1-130.
basis of record	Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA). 124 pp.
taxonomy source	Benson, R.H.; Berdan, J.M.; Bold, W.A. van den; Hanai, T.; Hessland, l.; Howe, H.V.; Kesling, R.V.; Levinson, S.A.; Reyment, R.A.; Moore, R.C.; Scott, H.W.; Shaver, R.H.; Sohn, I.G.; Stover, L.E.; Swain, F.M. & Sylvester-Bradley, P.C. (1961). Systematic Descriptions. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part Q. Arthropoda 3. Crustacea. Ostracoda. 99-414.

Genbank

Citation

Brandão, S.N.; Antonietto, L.S; Nery, D.G.; Pereira, J.S.; Praxedes, R.A.; Santos, S.G.; Karanovic, I. (2025). World Ostracoda Database. Myodocopina. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:150189