Leptocytheridae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Superclassis: Oligostraca
Classis: Ostracoda
Subclassis: Podocopa
Ordo: Podocopida
Subordo: Cytherocopina
Superfamilia: Cytheroidea

Familia: Leptocytheridae
Genera: Amnicythere – Bisulcocythere – Callistocythere – Cluthia – Ishizakiella – Kangarina – Leptocythere – Palusleptocythere – Paratanella – Swansonella – Tanella
Name

Leptocytheridae Hanai, 1957

Type genus: Leptocythere G. O. Sars, 1925
Note: Nomen translativum (upgrade) of Leptocytherinae Hanai, 1957 by T. Hanai in 1961.

Primary references

Hanai T., 1957. Studies on the Ostracoda from Japan I. Subfamily Leptocytherinae, new subfamily. Journal of the Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo, Section 2, 10 (3): 431–468, plates VII-X.
Hanai T. in Benson R.H. et al., 1961. Systematic descriptions. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part Q (Arthropoda 3, Crustacea, Ostracoda) Q99-Q422.

Additional references

Namiotko T., Danielopol D.L., Belmecheri S., Gross M. & von Grafenstein U., 2012. On the Leptocytheridae Ostracods of the Long-Lived Lake Ohrid: A Reappraisal of their Taxonomic Assignment and Biogeographic Origin. International Revue of Hydrobiology, 97 (4): 356–374, DOI: 10.1002/iroh.201211496.