Cypridocopina is a suborder 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, typi ...

s in the order

Podocopida The Podocopida are an order of ostracods in the subclass Podocopa. It is the most diverse of the four orders of ostracods, and also has a rich fossil record A fossil (from Classical Latin , ) is any preserved remains, impression, or trac ...

. It is divided into three superfamilies – Cypridoidea, Macrocypridoidea and Pontocypridoidea.

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Podocopida Arthropod suborders {{ostracod-stub