Mormonillidae

Mormonillidae
Mormonilla phasma [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Maxillopoda
Subclass: Copepoda
Order: Mormonilloida
Boxshall, 1979
Family: Mormonillidae

Mormonillidae is a family of planktonic marine copepods, the only member of the order Mormonilloida. There are five known species in two genera:[2]

  • Mormonilla Giesbrecht, 1891
  • Mormonilla atlantica Wolfenden, 1905
  • Mormonilla phasma Giesbrecht, 1891
  • Neomormonilla Ivanenko & Defaye, 2006
  • Neomormonilla extremata Ivanenko & Defaye, 2006
  • Neomormonilla minor (Giesbrecht, 1891)
  • Neomormonilla polaris (G. O. Sars, 1900)

References

  1. ↑ W. Giesbrecht (1892). "Pelagische Copepoden (Systematik and Faunistik)". Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neaples. 18: 1–831.
  2. ↑ Geoff Boxshall (2013). "Mormonillidae Giesbrecht, 1893". World of Copepods database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved May 28, 2013.


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