Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Oligostraca > Class Ostracoda > Subclass Podocopa > Order Podocopida > Suborder Cytherocopina > Superfamily Cytheroidea > Family Bythocytheridae > Subfamily Pseudocytherinae > Tribe Sclerochilini

Sclerochilus Sars, 1866

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Sclerochilus abbreviatus Brady & Robertson, 1869
Sclerochilus aequus Müller, 1894
Sclerochilus bradyi Rudjakov, 1962
Sclerochilus contortus (Norman, 1862)
Sclerochilus gewemuelleri Dubowsky, 1939
Sclerochilus hicksi Athersuch & Horne, 1987
Sclerochilus levis Müller, 1894
Sclerochilus rudjakovi Athersuch & Horne, 1987
Sclerochilus schornikovi Athersuch & Horne, 1987
Sclerochilus truncatus (Malcomson, 1886) Athersuch & Horne, 1987
Sclerochilus whatleyi Athersuch & Horne, 1987

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	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	Schornikov, E. I. (1990). Evolution and classification of Bythocytheridae. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg. 123: 291-302.

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. Sclerochilus Sars, 1866. 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:127583