Polycopidae is a
superfamily of marine
ostracod
Ostracods, or ostracodes, are a Class (biology), class of the crustacean, Crustacea (class Ostracoda), sometimes known as seed shrimp. Some 33,000 species (only 13,000 of which are extant taxon, extant) have been identified,Brandão, S.N.; Antoni ...
s. It is the only superfamily in the suborder Cladocopina.
There are two families recognised in the superfamily Polycopoidea:
* ''
Polycopidae''
Sars, 1865
* †''
Quasipolycopidae''
Jones, 1995
References
Arthropod superfamilies
Halocyprida
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