Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea

Ostracoda Latreille, 1802

Rank: Class
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Myodocopa G.O. Sars, 1866
Podocopa G.O. Sars, 1866

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Dutch: mosselkreeftjes sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.
 English: mussel shrimp; ostracods; seed shrimp sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 English-United States: ostracods sources: Charles Hussey
 German: Muschelkrebse
 Swedish: musselkräftor

Literature

basis of record

Brusca, R.C.; Brusca, G.J. (1990). Invertebrates. Sinauer Associates: Sunderland, MA (USA). ISBN 0-87893-098-1. 922 pp.

additional source

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). vii, 123 pp.

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External Links

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Citation

Brandao, S. (2014). Ostracoda. In: Brandão, S. N.; Angel, M. V.; Karanovic, I. (2014) World Ostracoda Database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1078

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2013-07-22 by Simone Nunes Brandao

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