| Porcellidiidae | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Copepoda |
| Order: | Harpacticoida |
| Family: | Porcellidiidae |
Porcellidiidae is a family of copepods belonging to the order Harpacticoida. [1]
| Porcellidiidae | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Copepoda |
| Order: | Harpacticoida |
| Family: | Porcellidiidae |
Porcellidiidae is a family of copepods belonging to the order Harpacticoida. [1]
Genera accepted on WoRMS as of October 2023: [2]
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.
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.
Canthocamptidae is a family of copepods. Most of the 700 species are confined to fresh water, although there are also marine species. It contains the following genera:
The Chitonophilidae are a family of parasitic copepods, with these genera:
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.
Geoffrey Allan Boxshall FRS is a British zoologist, and Merit researcher at the Natural History Museum, working primarily on copepods.
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 genera are:
Procolobomatus is a genus of copepod, containing the following species:
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.
Laophontidae is a family of copepods belonging to the order Harpacticoida.
Tisbidae is a family of copepods belonging to the order Harpacticoida.
Tachidiidae is a family of copepods belonging to the order Harpacticoida.
Hamondiidae is a family of copepods belonging to the order Harpacticoida.
Canuellidae is a family of copepods belonging to the order Polyarthra.
Cylindropsyllidae is a family of copepods belonging to the order Harpacticoida. It was first described by Sars in 1909
Leptastacidae is a family of copepods belonging to the order Harpacticoida.
Misophriidae is a family of copepods belonging to the order Misophrioida.
Normanellidae is a family of copepods belonging to the order Harpacticoida.
Paramesochridae is a family of copepods belonging to the order Harpacticoida.
Porcellidium is a genus of harpacticoid copepods in the family Porcellidiidae, first described by Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Claus in 1860 in: Claus, C. 1860. Beitraege zur Kenntniss der Entomostraken. Erstes Heft. N.G. Elwert’sche Universitaets-Buchhandlung, Marburg.: 1–28; Pls. 1–4.