Synapticolidae
| Synapticolidae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Copepoda |
| Order: | Cyclopoida |
| Suborder: | Ergasilida |
| Family: | Synapticolidae |
Synapticolidae is a family of cyclopoid copepods in the order Cyclopoida. There are about 11 genera and at least 50 described species in Synapticolidae.[1][2] Characteristics of this family include the expression of body segments in both sexes, well-developed swimming legs, and a tapering mandible with toothed margins.[3]
Genera[edit]
These 11 genera belong to the family Synapticolidae:
- Calypsarion H.o.Humes, 1969
- Calypsina Humes & Stock, 1972
- Calysion
- Caribulus Humes & Stock, 1972
- Chauliolobion Humes, 1975
- Lecanthurius
- Lecanurius Kossmann, 1877
- Lichothuria Stock, 1968
- Meomicola Stock, Humes & Gooding, 1963
- Scambicornus Heegaard, 1944
- Synapticola Voigt, 1892
References[edit]
- ^ "Synapticolidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
- ^ "Synapticolidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
- ^ Boxshall, Geoffrey Allan; O’Reilly, Myles (February 2015). "The first parasitic copepod from a scaphopod mollusc host". Systematic Parasitology. 90 (2): 113–124. doi:10.1007/s11230-014-9537-9.
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