{"id":4716,"date":"2014-01-11T15:57:33","date_gmt":"2014-01-11T20:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/?page_id=4716"},"modified":"2016-05-12T13:25:12","modified_gmt":"2016-05-12T17:25:12","slug":"ostracoda","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/atlas\/arthropoda\/ostracoda\/","title":{"rendered":"Ostracoda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Classification<\/strong><br \/>\nPhylum: <a title=\"Arthropoda\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/atlas\/Arthropoda\/\">Arthropoda<\/a><br \/>\nClass: Ostracoda (Latreille, 1802)<br \/>\nCincinnatian Order: <a title=\" Palaeocopida\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/atlas\/Arthropoda\/ostracoda\/palaeocopida\">Palaeocopida<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Geologic Range<\/strong><br \/>\nEarly Cambrian &#8211; Recent<\/p>\n<p><strong>Common Paleoecology<\/strong><br \/>\nOstracoda is an extant order of epifaunal organisms with a variety of feeding habits.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Characteristics of the Class<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Laterally compressed crustacean with two valves.<\/li>\n<li>Generally calcified and hinged along dorsal side.<\/li>\n<li>4 pairs of cephalic appendages and 1-3 pairs of thoracic appendages.<\/li>\n<li>Lack of abdominal appendages.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[accordions title=&#8221;&#8221; disabled=&#8221;false&#8221; active=&#8221;1&#8243; autoheight=&#8221;false&#8221; collapsible=&#8221;true&#8221;] [accordion title=&#8221;Published Descriptions&#8221;]<br \/>\n<em>Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part Q, Arthropoda 3 (1961)<\/em>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Laterally compressed Crustacea with bivalve carapace, more or less calcified, and hinged along dorsal margin, enclosing bisegmented body with head undifferentiated, bearing 4 pairs of cephalic appendages, 1 to 3 pairs of thoracic appendages and a pair of furcal rami, but no abdominal appendages.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/accordion] [\/accordions]<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<div style=\"height: 300px; width: 800px;\" align=\"center\">\n<div style=\"border-right: 15px solid white; float: left; width: 250px;\">\n<p align=\"center\">Palaeocopida<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/atlas\/arthropoda\/ostracoda\/palaeocopida\/\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Drepanella_richardsoni_250pxB.png?resize=250%2C250&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Classification Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Ostracoda (Latreille, 1802) Cincinnatian Order: Palaeocopida Geologic Range Early Cambrian &#8211; Recent Common Paleoecology Ostracoda is an extant order of epifaunal organisms with a variety of feeding habits. Characteristics of the Class Laterally compressed crustacean with &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/atlas\/arthropoda\/ostracoda\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ostracoda<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":49,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"full-width-page.php","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4716","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P3T22h-1e4","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4716"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4716\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12477,"href":"https:\/\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4716\/revisions\/12477"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}