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Cylindropsyllidae
Cylindropsyllidae is a family of copepods belonging to the order Harpacticoida. It was first described by Sars in 1909, and was revised by Lang in 1936.
It live mainly in the sand and mud on the ocean floor. Most Cylindropsyllidae are less than a millimeter long and feed on algae, bacteria, and decaying organic matter.They play an important role in recycling nutrients and supporting marine food webs, making them valuable indicators of healthy coastal ecosystems.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 195065.