# Halocypridina
> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Halocypridina
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Halocypridina.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halocypridina
> Source revision: 1127036317
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
{{Short description|Suborder of seed shrimps}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Halocypridina
| authority = [Dana](/source/James_Dwight_Dana), 1853 [{{ITIS|id=609941 |taxon=Halocypridina Dana, 1853 |accessdate=January 9, 2011}}]
| subdivision_ranks = Families
| subdivision =
*[Deeveyidae](/source/Deeveyidae)
*[Halocypridae](/source/Halocypridae)
*[Thaumatocyprididae](/source/Thaumatocyprididae)
}}
'''Halocypridina''' is a suborder of [seed shrimp](/source/seed_shrimp) in the order [Halocyprida](/source/Halocyprida). Ostracods of this group often have a dorsoposterior spine on the carapace.[{{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](/source/American_Geophysical_Union)}}] 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).