Limnocytheridae 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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Cytheridella''
Daday, 1905
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Gomphocythere''
Sars
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, 1924
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Leptocytheromorpha''
Purper, 1979†
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Limnocythere''
Brady, 1968
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Minicythere''
Ornellas, 1974
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Ostracod families
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