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Ostracoda
Ostracoda Os*trac"o*da, n. pl. (Zo["o]l.) Ostracoidea.
Ostracoda
Ostracoidea Os`tra*coi"de*a, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? shell of a testacean + -oid.] (Zo["o]l.) An order of Entomostraca possessing hard bivalve shells. They are of small size, and swim freely about. [Written also Ostracoda.]
Ostracodermi
Ostracodermi Os`tra*coder"mi, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? shell of a testacean + ? skin.] (Zo["o]l.) A suborder of fishes of which Ostracion is the type.

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- Ostracods, or ostracodes, are a class of the Crustacea (class Ostracoda), sometimes known as seed shrimp. Some 33,000 species (only 13,000 of which are...
- Ostracod Limestone may refer to: Kilmaluag Formation or Ostracod Limestone, a Middle Jur****ic geologic formation in Scotland Ostracod Beds or Ostracod...
- (2018). A large-sized (12.9 mm maximum length) right valve of a marine ostracod is described from the Cretaceous amber from Myanmar by Xing et al. (2018)...
- Gigantocypris, sometimes known as giant ostracod or giant seed shrimp, is a genus of ostracod crustaceans in family Cypridinidae, and among the most well-known...
- eastern Alberta and western Saskatchewan. Natural gas is extracted from the Ostracod and Glauconite beds in southern Alberta, and light oil is extracted from...
- ancient lake, Tanganyika, Baikal is a center for ostracod diversity. About 90% of the Lake Baikal ostracods are endemic, meaning that there are c. 200 endemic...
- Muellerina is a genus of ostracods in the family Hemicytheridae. The name is a tribute to German zoologist specializing in ostracod biology Christian Gustav...
- Scottia is a genus of ostracods in the family Cyprididae. Extant species: Scottia audax Scottia birigida Scottia insularis Scottia pseudobrowniana Fossil...
- palaeontologist who made major contributions to the study of Palaeozoic ostracods. Born in Poland, Franciszek J. Adamczak studied geology at the University...
- genus of ostracods belonging to the Myodocopida (Cypridinidae). The genus belongs to a diverse clade of Caribbean bioluminescent ostracods. Males perform...