Ostracodes

Ostracoda Latreille 1802

Ostracoda (Ostracodes) is a class of oligostracan crustaceans. There are 8669 species of Ostracodes, in 1433 genera and 150 families.

EOL has data for 8 attributes, including:

known marine species
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/DescribedAcceptedSpecies
- Definition: number of currently described and taxonomically accepted marine species in this clade (Appeltans et al. 2012. The Magnitude of Global Marine Species Diversity. Current Biology 22, 2189–2202. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2012.09.036)
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8853
habitat
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002303
- Definition: x has habitat y if: x is an organism, y is a habitat, and y can sustain and allow the growth of a population of x
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saline marsh
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000054
- Definition: A marsh whose water contains a considerable quantity of dissolved salts.
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undescribed marine species present in museum collections
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/UndescribedSpeciesInMuseumCollections
- Definition: "marine species in this clade which are currently represented in specimen collections (estimate) (Appeltans et al. 2012. The Magnitude of Global Marine Species Diversity. Current Biology 22, 2189–2202. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2012.09.036)"
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2000

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of ostracodes. View this species on GBIF

The environments in which many ostracodes species are known to live. Select an environment to see its ostracodes species checklist.

The environments in which many ostracodes species are known to live. Select an environment to see its ostracodes species checklist.