Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Oligostraca > Class Ostracoda > Subclass Podocopa > Order Podocopida > Suborder Cypridocopina > Superfamily Pontocypridoidea

Pontocyprididae Müller, 1894

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Argilloecia Sars, 1866
Australoecia McKenzie, 1967
Ekpontocypris Maddocks, 1969
Pontocypria Müller, 1894
Pontocypris Sars, 1866
Propontocypris Sylvester-Bradley, 1947
Robustoargilloecia Hartmann, 1986
Schedopontocypris Maddocks, 1969

Literature

basis of record	Horne, D.J.; Bruce, A.; Whittaker, J.E. (2001). Ostracoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 244-251
additional source	Hartmann G. (1997). Antarktische und subantarktische Podocopa (Ostracoda). Synopses of the Antarctic Benthos. Koeltz Scientific Books, Koenigstein, 355.
additional source	Maddocks, R. F. (1969). Recent ostracodes of the Family Pontocyprididae chiefly from the Indian Ocean. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 7: 1-56.
redescription	Maddocks, R. F. (1991). Revision of the family Pontocyprididae (Ostracoda), with new anchialine species and genera from Galapagos Islands. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 103: 309-333.

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. Pontocyprididae Müller, 1894. 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:127512

Dr. Geoffrey Boxshall. Pontocyprididae Müller, 1894. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/ef6c8d17-b033-4eba-8250-6f764a230dcd