Ostracoda

By Martin V. Angel

Holoplanktonic oceanic Ostracoda belong to the Family Halocyprididae and the Family Cypridinididae. There are 124 species recorded from the Atlantic Ocean, most of them occur in both the North and South Atlantic.

Contents
Os. 1 Introduction
Os. 2 Methods
Os. 3 Zoogeography and vertical distribution
Os. 4 Morphology
Os. 5 Identification
Os. 6 Outline classification
Os. 7 Suggested reading

Identification
No key is available.

Species
Species are not described individually and are absent from the Species module. See the page for Subclass Ostracoda (and following pages) in the Higher taxa module where species are treated on the generic pages. On the page for Subclass Ostracoda an alphabetical species list can be found.