Punciidae

Punciidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Ostracoda
Order: Palaeocopida
Superfamily: Puncioidea
Family: Punciidae
Hornibrook, 1949

Punciidae is the only surviving family in the ostracod order Palaeocopida.[1][2] Of the three known genera, Manawa is eyeless.[3] No information available if Promanawa and Puncia have eyes or not.

Genera:[4]

  1. ^ Geological Records of Tsunamis and Other Extreme Waves
  2. ^ Evolution and Phylogeny of Pancrustacea: A Story of Scientific Method
  3. ^ On Homology of Arthropod Compound Eyes1 - Oxford Academic
  4. ^ "Punciidae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 23 June 2021.