Biology:Mormonillidae

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Short description: Family of crustaceans

Mormonillidae
Mormonilla phasma.jpg
Mormonilla phasma [1]
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Copepoda
Order: Mormonilloida
Boxshall, 1979
Family: Mormonillidae
Giesbrecht, 1893

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. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=119815. 

Wikidata ☰ Q16985989 entry