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

Callistocythere Ruggieri, 1953

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Leptocythere (Callistocythere)*	Ruggieri, 1953	synonym

Children

Callistocythere (Rastrocythere) Ruggieri, 1992
Callistocythere adriatica Masoli, 1968
Callistocythere badia (Norman, 1862)
Callistocythere craterigera (Rome, 1942) Rome, 1965
Callistocythere crispata (Brady, 1868)
Callistocythere crucifera (Hartmann, 1954)
Callistocythere discrepans (Müller, 1894)
Callistocythere flavidofusca (Ruggieri, 1950) Kurc, 1961
Callistocythere folliculosa Bonaduce, Ciampo & Masoli, 1976
Callistocythere foveata (Hartmann, 1953)
Callistocythere gilva Bonaduce, Ciampo & Masoli, 1976
Callistocythere intricatoides (Ruggieri, 1953) Sissingh, 1972
Callistocythere lobiancoi (Müller, 1894)
Callistocythere murrayi Whittaker, 1978
Callistocythere pallida (Müller, 1894)
Callistocythere praecincta Ciampo, 1976
Callistocythere taeniata (Rome, 1942) Rome, 1965
Callistocythere vexata Bonaduce, Ciampo & Masoli, 1976
Leptocythere (Callistocythere) diffusa (Müller, 1894) Schornikov, 1966

Literature

original description	Ruggieri, G. (1953). Età e faune di un terrazzo marino sulla costa ionica della Calabria. Giornale di Geologia. serie 2, 23: 19–168, 6 pls.
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	Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils. pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.).
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
new combination reference	Hanai, T. (1957a) Studies on the Ostracoda from Japan. 1 - Subfamily Leptocytherinae, new Subfamily. Journal of the Faculty of Science, Tokyo University.Section 2 10, 431–468.

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. Callistocythere Ruggieri, 1953. 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:127635