Cypridinidae is a
family
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of
ostracod
Ostracods, or ostracodes, are a class of the Crustacea (class Ostracoda), sometimes known as seed shrimp. Some 70,000 species (only 13,000 of which are extant) have been identified, grouped into several orders. They are small crustaceans, typic ...
s, containing the following genera:
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Amphisiphonostra''
Poulsen, 1962
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Azygocypridina''
Sylvester-Bradley, 1950
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Bathyvargula''
Kornicker, 1968
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Codonocera''
Brady, 1902
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Cypridina''
Milne-Edwards, 1840
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Cypridinodes''
Brady, 1902
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Doloria''
Skogsberg, 1920
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Enewton''
Cohen & Morin, 2010
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Gigantocypris
The giant ostracod (''Gigantocypris'') or the giant seed shrimp is a genus of ostracod crustaceans in family Cypridinidae, and among the most well-known members of the class Ostracoda (together with ''Vargula hilgendorfii''). Its members are ex ...
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Skogsberg, 1920
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Hadacypridina''
Poulsen, 1962
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Isocypridina''
Kornicker, 1975
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Jimmorinia''
Cohen & Kornicker ''in'' Cohen, Kornicker & Iliffe, 2000
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Kornickeria''
Cohen & Morin, 1993
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Lowrya''
Parker, 1998
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Macrocypridina''
Skogsberg, 1920
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Maristella''
Reda et al., 2019
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Melavargula''
Poulsen, 1962
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Metavargula''
Kornicker, 1970
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Monopia''
Poulsen, 1962
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Paracypridina''
Poulsen, 1962
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Paradoloria''
Poulsen, 1962
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Paravargula''
Cohen & Kornicker, 1975
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Photeros''
Cohen & Morin, 2010
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Pseudodoloria''
Kornicker, 1994
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Pterocypridina''
Poulsen, 1962
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Rheina''
Kornicker, 1989
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Rugosidoloria''
Kornicker, 1975
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Sheina''
Harding, 1966
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Siphonostra''
Skogsberg, 1920
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Skogsbergia''
Kornicker, 1974
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Vargula
''Vargula'' is a genus in the Cypridinidae. The genus contains bioluminescent species. ''Vargula hilgendorfii
''Vargula hilgendorfii'', sometimes called the sea-firefly and one of three bioluminescent species known in Japan as umi-hotaru (� ...
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Skogsberg, 1920
References
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Myodocopida
Ostracod families
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