Eurytemora | |
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Eurytemora affinis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Copepoda |
Order: | Calanoida |
Family: | Temoridae |
Genus: | Eurytemora Giesbrecht, 1881 [1] |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Eurytemora is a genus of copepods in the family Temoridae. The World Register of Marine Species lists the following species: [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.
Calanidae is the largest taxonomic family of calanoid copepods. It includes the genus Calanus, which may be the most abundant metazoan genus on Earth.
Afrocyclops is a genus of copepod crustaceans in the family Cyclopidae, containing the following species:
Epischura is a genus of copepods in the family Temoridae.
Eudiaptomus is a genus of freshwater crustaceans in the family Diaptomidae. It contains the following species:
Mesocyclops is a genus of copepod crustaceans in the family Cyclopidae. Because the various species of Mesocyclops are known to prey on mosquito larvae, it is used as a nontoxic and inexpensive form of biological mosquito control.
Cyclopidae is a family of copepods containing more than half of the 1,200 species in the order Cyclopoida in over 70 genera.
Gastrodelphyidae is a family of parasitic copepods.
Acartia simplex is a species of marine copepod belonging to the family Acartiidae. It is found in the waters near Australia and New Zealand.
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.
Temoridae is a family of copepods, containing the following genera:
Pseudocyclopiidae is a family of copepods, comprising the following genera:
Augaptilidae is a family of copepods.
Artotrogidae is a family of copepods in the order Siphonostomatoida.
Tortanidae is a family of copepods within the order Calanoida. The tropicus group of this species can be found in the tropical and subtropical waters of Southeast Asia. The groups are distinguishable by their genitals and their tails.
Temora is a genus of copepods in the family Temoridae. The World Register of Marine Species lists the following species:
Heterocope is a genus of copepods in the family Temoridae. It was described by Norwegian biologist Georg Ossian Sars in 1863.
Leptodiaptomus is a genus of copepods belonging to the family Diaptomidae.
Aetideidae is a family of copepods belonging to the order Calanoida.
Arietellidae is a family of copepods belonging to the order Calanoida.