Myodocopida

Myodocopida
A myodocopid ostracod from southern Australia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Ostracoda
Subclass:	Myodocopa
Order:	Myodocopida Sars, 1866[1]
Suborders[2]
†Entomozocopina Myodocopina †Paleomyodocopina genus incertae sedis †Luprisca (Siveter, Tanaka, Farrell, Martin, Siveter & Briggs, 2014)

The Myodocopida is one of the two orders within the Myodocopa, in turn a subclass of the Ostracoda. The Myodocopida are distinguished by a worm-like seventh limb, and, usually, a rostrum above an incisure (notch) from which the antennae can protrude.^[3] Unlike other ostracods, many species of the Myodocopida have lateral compound eyes^[4] Research on the cypridinid species Macrocypridina castanea have shown that the ‘window’ above its eyes—a transparent area on the shell—contains a nanostructure that transmits an unusually high 99% of blue light (350–630 nm)—the predominant light in its environment—allowing it to efficiently reach the eyes.^[5] Over the last thirty years there has been much research into the morphology, behaviour and distribution of myodocopids. More recently, DNA sequences have been used to investigate the phylogeny of various groups.

References

1. "Myodocopida Sars, 1866". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved July 18, 2011.
2. Brandão, S. N.; Angel, M. V.; Karanovic, I.; Perrier, V. & Meidla, T. (2018). World Ostracoda Database. Myodocopida. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=2104 on 2018-09-11
3. Louis S. Kornicker (1993). Antarctic and Subantarctic Myodocopina (Ostracoda). Koeltz Scientific Books. ISBN 978-1-878762-46-7.
4. Louis S. Kornicker (1975). "Antarctic Ostracoda (Myodocopina)" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 163 (163): 1–720. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.163.
5. Transparency in the eye region of an ostracod carapace (Macrocypridina castanea, Myodocopida)

External links

• Data related to Myodocopida at Wikispecies