Hemicytheridae

Hemicytheridae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Ostracoda
Order:	Podocopida
Suborder:	Cytherocopina
Superfamily:	Cytheroidea
Family:	Hemicytheridae Puri, 1953

Hemicytheridae is a family of ostracods belonging to the order Podocopida. ^[1]

Species of this family are found worldwide, ^[1] in marine environments, and in brackish and fresh waters. ^[2]

Genera

Genera listed by WoRMS: ^[2]

• Ambostracon Hazel, 1962
• Anterocythere McKenzie & Swain, 1967
• Australicythere Benson, 1964
• Baffinicythere Hazel, 1967
• Bensonocythere Hazel, 1967
• Bosasella Bonaduce, 1985
• Caudites Coryell & Fields, 1937
• Collarodontia Jellinek, 1993
• Coquimba Ohmert, 1968
• Cornucoquimba Ohmert, 1968
• Daishakacythere Irizuki, 1993
• Elofsonella Pokorny, 1955
• Falklandia Whatley, Chadwick, Coxill & Toy, 1987
• Finmarchinella Swain, 1963
• Galapagocythere Bate, Whittaker & Mayes, 1981
• Harleya Jellinek & Swanson, 2003
• Hemicythere Sars, 1925
• Hemicytheria Pokorny, 1955
  
• Subfamily Hemicytherinae Puri, 1953
  • Ambolus Ikeya, Jellinek & Tsukagoshi, 1998
  • Tribe Aurilini Puri, 1974
    • Auricythere Morais & Coimbra, 2014
    • Aurila Pokorný, 1955
  • Austroaurila Whatley, Chadwick, Coxill & Toy, 1987
  • Berguecythere Coimbra, Bottezini & Machado, 2013
  • Bulbocythere Coimbra & De Morais, 2016
  • Gerdella Bonaduce, Barra & Aiello, 1996
  • Kempfidea Weiss, 1998
    
• Heterocythereis Elofson, 1941
• Jacobella Swanson, 1979
• Laperousecythere Brouwers, 1993
• Matsucythere Hu & Tao, 2008
• Meridionalicythere Whatley, Chadwick, Coxill & Toy, 1987
• Muellerina Bassiouni, 1965
• Neobuntonia Hartmann, 1981
• Neocaudites Puri, 1960
• Neosinocythere Huang, 1985
• Nodocoquimba Hu & Tao, 2008
• Orionina Puri, 1954
• Parahermanites Hu & Tao, 2008
• Paraquadracythere Jellinek, 1993
• Patagonacythere Hartmann, 1962
• Procythereis Skogsberg, 1928
• Pseudoaurila Ishizaki & Kato, 1976
• Puriana Coryell & Fields, 1953
• Radimella Pokorny, 1969
• Reussicythere Bold, 1966
• Robustaurila Yajima, 1982
• Ruggiericythere Aiello, Coimbra & Barra, 2004
• Shungyangella Hu & Tao, 2008
• Sinocythere Hou in Hou et al., 1982
• Tyrrhenocythere Ruggieri, 1955
• Urocythereis Ruggieri, 1950
  
• Subfamily Urocytherideinae Hartmann & Puri, 1974
  • Thesceloscythere Whatley, Jones & Roberts, 2004
• Hermanites Puri, 1955
• Hartmannosa Özdikmen, 2009

References

1. "Hemicytheridae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
2. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Hemicytheridae Puri, 1953". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2025-10-15.