Canthocamptidae

Canthocamptidae Temporal range: Pennsylvanian–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Stygepactophanes jurassicus (700 ×)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Copepoda
Order:	Harpacticoida
Family:	Canthocamptidae G. O. Sars, 1906  [1]
Genera
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Canthocamptidae is a family of copepods. Most of the 700 species are confined to fresh water, although there are also marine species. ^[2] It contains the following genera: ^[3]

• Afrocamptus Chappuis, 1932
• Antarctobiotus Chappuis, 1930
• Antrocamptus Chappuis, 1956
• Arcticocamptus Chappuis, 1928
• Attheyella Brady, 1880
• Australocamptus Karanovic, 2004
• Boreolimella Huys & Thistle, 1989
• Bryocamptus Chappuis, 1928
• Canthocamptus Westwood, 1836
• Ceuthonectes Chappuis, 1923
• Cletocamptus Schmankevitsch 1875
• Delachauxiella Brehn & Lunz, 1926
• Echinocamptus Chappuis, 1929
• Elaphoidella Chappuis, 1928
• Elaphoidellopsis Apostolov, 1985
• Epactophanoides Borutzky, 1966
• Ferroniera Labbe, 1924
• Fibulacamptus Hamond, 1988
• Glaciella Kikuchi, 1994
• Gulcamptus Miura, 1969
• Hemimesochra G. O. Sars, 1920
• Heteropsyllus T. Scott, 1894
• Hypocamptus Chappuis, 1929
• Isthmiocaris George & Schminke, 2003
• Itunella Brady, 1896
• Kikuchicamptus Novikov & Sharafutdinova, 2022 ^[4]
• Leimia Willey, 1923
• Lessinocamptus Stoch, 1997
• Ligulocamptus Guo, 1998
• Limocamptus Chappuis, 1928
• Loefflerella Rouch, 1962
• Maraenobiotus Mrázek, 1893
• Mesochra Boeck, 1865
• Mesopsyllus Por, 1960
• Moraria T. & A. Scott, 1893
• Morariopsis Borutzky, 1931
• Nannomesochra Gurney, 1932
• Neoelaphoidella Apostolov, 1975
• Neomrazekiella Ozdikmen & Pesce, 2006
• Orthopsyllus Brady & Robertson, 1873
• Paramorariopsis Brancelj, 1992
• Parepactophanes Kunz, 1935
• Pesceus Özdikmen, 2008
• Pholetiscus Humes, 1947
• Phyllocamptus T. Scott, 1899
• Pilocamptus Wells, 2007
• Pindamoraria Reid & Rocha, 2003
• Pordfus Özdikmen, 2008
• Poria Lang, 1965
• Portierella Labbe, 1926
• Praelaphoidella Apostolov, 1991
• Psammocamptus Mielke, 1975
• Pseudocamptus Ebert, 1976
• Pseudomoraria Brancelj, 1994
• Rheocamptus Borutzky, 1964
• Spelaeocamptus Chappuis, 1933
• Stenocaris G. O. Sars, 1909
• Stygepactophanes Moeschler & Rouch, 1984
• Thermomesochra Ito & Burton, 1980
• Vibriopsyllus Kornev & Chertoprud 2008

Indeterminate fossils likely members of the family are known from the late Carboniferous of Oman, which were found in a clast of bitumen from a diamictite that had likely seeped up through a subglacial lake. ^[5]

References

1. "Canthocamptidae G. O. Sars, 1906". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved July 8, 2011.
2. G. L. Pesce (August 17, 2007). "Canthocamptidae Sars, 1906, emend. Monard, 1927, Lang, 1948".
3. T. Chad Walter & R. Huys (August 6, 2008). T. Chad Walter & Geoff Boxshall (ed.). "Canthocamptidae". World Copepoda database. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved December 31, 2009.
4. "Canthocamptidae". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 2025-04-01.
5. Selden, Paul A.; Huys, Rony; Stephenson, Michael H.; Heward, Alan P.; Taylor, Paul N. (2010-08-10). "Crustaceans from bitumen clast in Carboniferous glacial diamictite extend fossil record of copepods". Nature Communications. 1 (1): 50. Bibcode:2010NatCo...1...50S. doi:10.1038/ncomms1049. hdl: 1808/26575 . ISSN   2041-1723. PMID   20975721.

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