After Martin & Davis, 2001
<==o Cytherocopina Baird, 1850
`--o Cytheroidea Baird, 1850 [incl. Terrestricytheroidea]
|?- Australocytherideidae [not recognized by Martin & Davis]
|?- Bonaducecytheridae [not recognized by Martin & Davis]
|-- Bythocytheridae Sars, 1866
|?- Cushmanideidae [not recognized by Martin & Davis]
|?- Cytherettidae [not recognized by Martin & Davis]
|-- Cytheridae Baird, 1850
|-- Cytherideidae Sars, 1925
|-- Cytheromatidae Elofson, 1939
|-- Cytheruridae Müller, 1894
|-- Entocytheridae Hoff, 1942
|-- Eucytheridae Puri, 1954
|-- Hemicytheridae Puri, 1953
|-- Kliellidae Schäfer, 1945
|-- Krithidae Mandelstam, 1958
|-- Leptocytheridae Hanai, 1957
|?- Limnocytheridae [not recognized by Martin & Davis]
|-- Loxoconchidae Sars, 1925
|-- Microcytheridae Klie, 1938
|-- Neocytherideidae Puri, 1957
|?- Osticytheridae [not recognized by Martin & Davis]
|?- Paracytheridae [not recognized by Martin & Davis]
|?- Paracytherideidae [not recognized by Martin & Davis]
|-- Paradoxostomatidae Brady & Norman, 1889
|?- Parvocytheridae [not recognized by Martin & Davis]
|-- Pectocytheridae Hanai, 1957
|-- Protocytheridae Ljubimova, 1956
|-- Psammocytheridae Klie, 1938
|?- Pseudolimnocytheridae [not recognized by Martin & Davis]
|-- Schizocytheridae Howe, 1961
|-- Terrestricytheridae Schornikov, 1969 [Terrestricytheroidea]
|-- Thaerocytheridae Hazel, 1967
|-- Trachyleberididae Sylvester-Bradley, 1948
`-- Xestoleberidae Sars, 1928
Reference(s):
- Martin, J. W. & Davis, G. E., 2001: An Updated Classification of the Recent Crustacea.
–Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Science Series: Vol. #39, pp. vii-124
- Parker, S. P. (ed.), 1982: Synopsis and classification of living organisms. Vols. 1 & 2
–McGrew-Hill Book Company