kingdom: Animalia >
phylum: Arthropoda >
class: Ostracoda Latreille, 1802 >
subclass: Podocopa Müller, 1894 >
order: Podocopida Sars, 1866 >
suborder: Cytherocopina Baird, 1850 >
superfamily: Cytheroidea Baird, 1850 >
family: Limnocytheridae Klie, 1938 >
subfamily: Limnocytherinae Sars, 1925 >
tribe: Limnocytherini Klie, 1938 >
genus: Limnocythere Brady, 1868 >