Overview
Harpacticoida is an of copepods, in the Subphylum Crustacea. This order comprises 463 genera and about 3,000 species. Members of it are benthic copepods found throughout the world in the marine environment (most families) and in fresh water (essentially the Ameiridae, Parastenocarididae and the Canthocamptidae). A few of them are planktonic or live in association with other organisms. Harpacticoida represents the second-largest meiofaunal group in marine sediment milieu, after nematodes.
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Taxonomy
The Order Harpacticoida is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Family (55): Aegisthidae · Ambunguipedidae · Ameiridae · Ancorabolidae · Argestidae · Balaenophilidae · Balenophilidae · Cancrincolidae · Canthocamptidae · Canuellidae · Cerviniidae · Chappuisiidae · Cletodidae · Clytemnestridae · Cylindropsyllidae · Darcythompsoniidae · Diosaccidae · Ectinosomatidae · Ectinosomidae · Ectinosomitidae · Euterpinidae · Geleyellidae · Harpacticidae · Huntemanniidae · Laophontidae · Laophontopsidae · Latiremidae · Leptastacidae · Leptopontiidae · Longipediidae · Louriniidae · Metidae · Miracidae · Miraciidae · Neobradyidae · Normanellidae · Orthopsyllidae · Paramesochridae · Parastenheliidae · Parastenhelliidae · Parastenocaridae · Parastenocarididae · Peltidiidae · Phyllognathopodidae · Porcellidiidae · Pseudopeltidiidae · Pseudotachidiidae · Rhizothricidae · Tachidiidae · Tegastidae · Tetragonicepsidae · Tetragonicipitidae · Thalestridae · Thompsonulidae · Tisbidae
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 2,629 species and subspecies in the Order Harpacticoida.
Families
Aegisthidae
Ambunguipedidae
Ameiridae
Ancorabolidae
Argestidae
Balaenophilidae
Balenophilidae
Cancrincolidae
Canthocamptidae
Canthocamptidae is a of copepods. Most of the 700 species are confined to fresh water, although there are also marine species . It contains the following genera : [more]
Canuellidae
Cerviniidae
Chappuisiidae
Cletodidae
Clytemnestridae
Cylindropsyllidae
Darcythompsoniidae
Diosaccidae
Ectinosomatidae
Ectinosomidae
Ectinosomitidae
Euterpinidae
Geleyellidae
Harpacticidae
Huntemanniidae
Laophontidae
Laophontopsidae
Latiremidae
Leptastacidae
Leptopontiidae
Longipediidae
Louriniidae
Metidae
Miracidae
Miraciidae
Neobradyidae
Normanellidae
Orthopsyllidae
Paramesochridae
Parastenheliidae
Parastenhelliidae
Parastenocaridae
Parastenocarididae
Peltidiidae
Phyllognathopodidae
Porcellidiidae
Pseudopeltidiidae
Pseudotachidiidae
Rhizothricidae
Tachidiidae
Tegastidae
Tetragonicepsidae
Tetragonicipitidae
Thalestridae
Thompsonulidae
Tisbidae
At least 47 species and subspecies belong to the Family Tisbidae.
More info about the Family Tisbidae may be found here.
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