{{Short description|Suborder of seed shrimps}} {{Automatic taxobox | taxon = Halocypridina | authority = Dana, 1853&nbsp;<ref>{{ITIS|id=609941 |taxon=Halocypridina Dana, 1853 |accessdate=January 9, 2011}}</ref> | subdivision_ranks = Families | subdivision = *Deeveyidae *Halocypridae *Thaumatocyprididae }}

'''Halocypridina''' is a suborder of seed shrimp in the order Halocyprida. Ostracods of this group often have a dorsoposterior spine on the carapace.<ref name="Horne">{{cite book |author=D. J. Horne |author2=A. C. Cohen |author3=K. Martens |year=2002 |editor=J. Holmes |editor2=A. Chivas |chapter=Taxonomy, morphology and biology of Quaternary and living Ostracoda |series=Volume 131 of AGV Geophysical Monograph Series |title=The Ostracoda: Applications in Quaternary Research |pages=5–36 |isbn=0-87590-990-6 |publisher=American Geophysical Union}}</ref> The adductor muscle scars show various patterns, in contrast to those of the Cladocopina, which are in a triangular pattern (three scars) or a half-rosette (15 scars).<ref name="Horne"/> A sixth limb is present (absent in Cladocopina). The group is divided into the Halocypridae and the Thaumatocyprididae.<ref name="Horne"/>

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Category:Halocyprida Category:Arthropod suborders

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