Timiriaseviidae Mandelstam, 1960

Family Timiriaseviidae Mandelstam, 1960

Diagnosis.

[Based on the list of characteristic traits of the subfamily Timiriaseviinae by Martens (1995) and Danielopol et al. (2018) and on the types of hinge and sieve pores respectively by Danielopol et al. (2014) and Danielopol et al. (2018)]. Cytheroid Ostracoda with globular shells, particularly in the females, which are larger than males and have a brood pouch (i. e., shell sexual dimorphism apparent). Hinge lophodont, adont, or protodont ( Danielopol et al. 2014). Sieve pores absent or type B if present ( Danielopol et al. 2018). Terminal segment of the antennula usually short, not longer than the previous segment. Fused part of the antennula Ya aesthetasc with adjacent seta short or not distinguishable, less than one third the length of the aesthetasc. Ventral seta on the second antennular segment situated in a medial or proximal position, not in the distal margin, or absent. Maxillular palp not subdivided in two segments, and with a reduced number of setae. Distal lobe of hemipenis moveable, not fused to the rest of the hemipenis.