Canthocamptidae

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Canthocamptidae
Temporal range: Pennsylvanian–Recent
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Stygepactophanes jurassicus (700 ×)
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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]

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. [4]

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Copepod</span> Subclass of crustaceans

Copepods are a group of small crustaceans found in nearly every freshwater and saltwater habitat. Some species are planktonic, some are benthic, a number of species have parasitic phases, and some continental species may live in limnoterrestrial habitats and other wet terrestrial places, such as swamps, under leaf fall in wet forests, bogs, springs, ephemeral ponds, puddles, damp moss, or water-filled recesses of plants (phytotelmata) such as bromeliads and pitcher plants. Many live underground in marine and freshwater caves, sinkholes, or stream beds. Copepods are sometimes used as biodiversity indicators.

<i>Cyclops</i> (copepod) Genus of crustaceans

Cyclops is one of the most common genera of freshwater copepods, comprising over 400 species. Together with other similar-sized non-copepod fresh-water crustaceans, especially cladocera, they are commonly called water fleas. The name Cyclops comes from the Cyclops of Greek mythology, as they have a single large eye; in Cyclops, the eye may be either red or black.

Acanthocyclops is a genus of copepod crustaceans in the family Cyclopidae. It was originally described by Friedrich Kiefer as a subgenus of Cyclops, and contains the following species:

Afrocyclops is a genus of copepod crustaceans in the family Cyclopidae, containing the following species:

<i>Attheyella</i> Genus of crustaceans

Attheyella is a genus of copepods in the family Canthocamptidae, containing the following species:

Ceuthonectes is a genus of copepods in the family Canthocamptidae. It includes the Slovenian endemic species C. rouchi, which is listed as a vulnerable species on the IUCN Red List. Ceuthonectes contains the following species:

Elaphoidella is a genus of freshwater copepods in the family Canthocamptidae. It contains over 200 species, including three classified as vulnerable species by the IUCN – three endemic to Slovenia and one endemic to the United States. In total, the genus Elaphoidella contains the following species:

Leptocaris is a genus of copepods in the family Darcythompsoniidae. One species, the Mexican endemic L. stromatolicolus, is included on the IUCN Red List as a vulnerable species. The genus contains the following species:

Nitocrella is a genus of copepod. Although most other genera in the family Ameiridae are marine, species of Nitocrella are almost exclusively found in subterranean fresh water or brackish water. More than 80 species are included in the genus, including two which are listed as vulnerable species on the IUCN Red List:

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Diaptomidae</span> Family of crustaceans

Diaptomidae is a family of freshwater pelagic copepods. It includes around 50 genera:

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ectinosomatidae</span> Family of crustaceans

Ectinosomatidae is a family of the Harpacticoida, a huge group of crustaceans belonging to the subclass Copepoda. Like most of their relatives, they are usually benthic inhabitants of marine environments. Ectinosomatidae commonly inhabit sediment and fragments of dead corals or glass sponges, and occasionally algae and bryozoans, in the deep oceans. In the epifaunal species, the first leg pair is often modified to allow the animals a better grip on the substrate.

Megacyclops is a genus of copepods, containing the following species:

Centropagidae is a family of copepods in the order Calanoida. Its members are particularly known as plankton in coastal waters and in fresh water in Australia and southern South America. They are also found on subantarctic islands and in lakes in Antarctica.

Robertgurneya is a genus of copepods, containing the following species:

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Harpacticidae</span> Family of copepod crustaceans

Harpacticidae is a family of copepods, containing the following genera:

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Multicrustacea</span> Superclass of crustaceans

The clade Multicrustacea constitutes the largest superclass of crustaceans, containing approximately four-fifths of all described crustacean species, including crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill, prawns, woodlice, barnacles, copepods, amphipods, mantis shrimp and others. The largest branch of multicrustacea is the class Malacostraca.

Microcyclops is a genus of copepods, containing the following species:

Moraria is a genus of copepods belonging to the family Canthocamptidae.

Laophontidae is a family of copepods belonging to the order Harpacticoida.

Cylindropsyllidae is a family of copepods belonging to the order Harpacticoida. It was first described by Sars in 1909

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. ↑ 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. doi:10.1038/ncomms1049. hdl: 1808/26575 . ISSN   2041-1723. PMID   20975721.


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