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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Hexanauplia |
| Subclass: | Copepoda |
| Order: | Calanoida |
| Superfamily: | Epacteriscoidea |
| Family: | Epacteriscidae |
Epacteriscidae is a family of copepods belonging to the order Calanoida. [1]
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Genera: [1]
The Cyclopoida are an order of small crustaceans from the subclass Copepoda. Like many other copepods, members of Cyclopoida are small, planktonic animals living both in the sea and in freshwater habitats. They are capable of rapid movement. Their larval development is metamorphic, and the embryos are carried in paired or single sacs attached to first abdominal somite.
Antrisocopia is a genus of Copepods in the family Platycopiidae. There is at least one described species in Antrisocopia, A. prehensilis.
Erebonectes is a genus of crustacean in family Epacteriscidae, containing two troglobitic species. E. nasioticus was discovered in Bermuda and described in 1985; it is listed as critically endangered on the IUCN Red List. E. macrochaetus was found on Middle Caicos and described in 1994.
Mictocaris halope is the only species of cave crustacean in the monotypic genus Mictocaris. It is placed in its own family, Mictocarididae, and is sometimes considered the only member of the order Mictacea. Mictocaris is endemic to anchialine caves in Bermuda, and grows up to 3.5 mm (0.14 in) long. Its biology is poorly known.
Nanocopia is a genus of Copepods in the family Platycopiidae. There is at least one described species in Nanocopia, N. minuta.
Paracyclopia is a genus of copepods in family Pseudocyclopiidae, containing only the species P. naessi. It is endemic to Bermudan karsts and is critically endangered.
Speleoithona is a genus of copepods in the family Speleoithonidae, containing the following species:
Speleophria bivexilla is a species of copepod in the family Speleophriidae. It is endemic to Bermuda.
Speleophria is a genus of marine copepods in the family Speleophriidae. It contains the following species:
Speleophria scottodicarloi is a species of crustacean in the family Speleophriidae. It is endemic to Chalk Cave, a collapsed cave in Smith's Parish, Bermuda, and it listed as critically endangered on the IUCN Red List. The pool it inhabits also contains Barbouria cubensis, Somersiella sterreri and Paracyclopia naessi.
The Cyclopidae are a family of copepods containing more than half of the 1,200 species in the order Cyclopoida in over 70 genera.
Halicyclops is a genus of copepods belonging to the family Cyclopidae. There are currently 94 described species found in brackish habitats throughout the world:
Platycopiidae is a family of copepods. Until the description of Nanocopia in 1988, it contained the single genus Platycopia. It now contains four genera, three of which are monotypic; the exception is Platycopia, with 8 species.
Platycopia is a genus of Arthropods in the family Platycopiidae. There are about eight described species in Platycopia.
Speleophriidae is a family of copepods, comprising seven genera. All are restricted to anchialine caves, with the exception of Archimisophria, which is found in the hyperbenthos of the depths of the Atlantic Ocean. The seven genera are:
Hirsutiidae is a family of crustaceans, classified either as a separate order, Bochusacea, or as part of a wider Mictacea. It comprises five species in three genera:
Pseudocyclopiidae is a family of copepods, comprising the following genera:
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.
Misophriidae is a family of copepods belonging to the order Misophrioida.
Palpophria is a monotypic genus of crustaceans belonging to the monotypic family Palpophriidae. The only species is Palpophria aestheta.