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Harpacticoid Copepods
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Harpacticoid Copepods

Harpacticoida

Harpacticoida is an order of copepods, in the subphylum Crustacea. This order comprises 463 genera and about 3,000 species; its members 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. In Arctic and Antarctic seas, Harpacticoida...

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52 branches of this order, most-observed first

Canthocamptidae

familyCanthocamptidae

Harpacticidae

familyHarpacticidae

Miraciidae

familyMiraciidae

Tisbidae

familyTisbidae

Porcellidiidae

familyPorcellidiidae

Ectinosomatidae

familyEctinosomatidae

Ameiridae

familyAmeiridae

Laophontidae

familyLaophontidae

Tachidiidae

familyTachidiidae

Phyllognathopodidae

familyPhyllognathopodidae

Metidae

familyMetidae

Peltidiidae

familyPeltidiidae

Dactylopusiidae

familyDactylopusiidae

Thalestridae

familyThalestridae

Nannopodidae

familyNannopodidae

Tegastidae

familyTegastidae

Leptastacidae

familyLeptastacidae

Parastenocarididae

familyParastenocarididae

Parastenheliidae

familyParastenheliidae

Argestidae

familyArgestidae

Darcythompsoniidae

familyDarcythompsoniidae

Cylindropsyllidae

familyCylindropsyllidae

Pseudotachidiidae

familyPseudotachidiidae

Ancorabolidae

familyAncorabolidae

Paramesochridae

familyParamesochridae

Arenopontiidae

familyArenopontiidae

Leptopontiidae

familyLeptopontiidae

Tetragonicipitidae

familyTetragonicipitidae

Aegisthidae

familyAegisthidae

Louriniidae

familyLouriniidae

Orthopsyllidae

familyOrthopsyllidae

Cletodidae

familyCletodidae

Cletopsyllidae

familyCletopsyllidae

Laophontopsidae

familyLaophontopsidae

Balaenophilidae

familyBalaenophilidae

Cristacoxidae

familyCristacoxidae

Chappuisiidae

familyChappuisiidae

Idyanthidae

familyIdyanthidae

Latiremidae

familyLatiremidae

Neobradyidae

familyNeobradyidae

Novocriniidae

familyNovocriniidae

Parameiropsidae

familyParameiropsidae

Protolatiremidae

familyProtolatiremidae

Rotundiclipeidae

familyRotundiclipeidae

Superornatiremidae

familySuperornatiremidae

Rometidae

familyRometidae

Zosimeidae

familyZosimeidae

Rhizotrichidae

familyRhizotrichidae

Thompsonulidae

familyThompsonulidae

Adenopleurellidae

familyAdenopleurellidae

Hamondiidae

familyHamondiidae

Normanellidae

familyNormanellidae

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