Podocopida
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Podocopida is an order
of ostracod
s in the subclass Podocopa
. It is divided into five suborders – Bairdiocopina, Cypridocopina, Cytherocopina, Darwinulocopina and Sigilliocopina. It is the most diverse of the four orders of ostracods, and also has a rich fossil record.
Order (biology)
In scientific classification used in biology, the order is# a taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, family, genus, and species, with order fitting in between class and family...
of ostracod
Ostracod
Ostracoda is a class of the Crustacea, sometimes known as the seed shrimp because of their appearance. Some 65,000 species have been identified, grouped into several orders....
s in the subclass Podocopa
Podocopa
The Podocopa are a subclass of ostracods. This subclass can be differentiated from the other subclass by the morphology of the second antenna: the Podocopa have a relatively long endopod, whereas the Myodocopa have a relatively long exopod...
. It is divided into five suborders – Bairdiocopina, Cypridocopina, Cytherocopina, Darwinulocopina and Sigilliocopina. It is the most diverse of the four orders of ostracods, and also has a rich fossil record.