Tantulocarida
| Tantulocarida | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Maxillopoda |
| Subclass: | Tantulocarida G. A. Boxshall & R. J. Lincoln, 1983 [1] |
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Tantulocarida is a highly specialised group of parasitic crustaceans that consists of about 33 species, treated as a subclass of the class Maxillopoda (copepods and barnacles). They are typically ectoparasites that infest copepods, isopods, tanaids, amphipods and ostracods.[2] Members of this subclass are minute — less than 0.3 millimetres (0.012 in) in length and have a dramatic reduction in body form compared to other crustaceans, with an unsegmented sac-like thorax and a much reduced abdomen.[3] One tantulocarid species, Tantulacus dieteri, is the world's smallest arthropod, with a total body length of only 85 micrometres (0.0033 in).[4]
[edit] Classification
Four families are recognised:[5]
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Basipodellidae Boxshall & Lincoln, 1983:[6]
Doryphallophoridae Huys, 1991:[7]
Microdajidae Boxshall & Lincoln, 1987:[8]
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Deoterthridae Boxshall & Lincoln, 1987:[9]
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[edit] References
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Wikispecies has information related to: Tantulocarida |
- ^ "Tantulocarida". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=621147.
- ^ Geoffrey A. Boxshall & Roger J. Lincoln (1983). "Tantulocarida, a new class of Crustacea ectoparasitic on other crustaceans". Journal of Crustacean Biology 3 (1): 1–16. JSTOR 1547849.
- ^ "Tantulocarida". AccessScience Encyclopedia. McGraw-Hill. http://www.accessscience.com/abstract.aspx?id=677750. Retrieved December 31, 2009.
- ^ Inga Mohrbeck, Pedro Martínez Arbizu & Thomas Glatzel (2010). "Tantulocarida Crustacea) from the Southern Ocean deep sea, and the description of three new species of Tantulacus Huys, Andersen & Kristensen, 1992". Systematic Parasitology 77 (2): 131–151. http://www.springerlink.com/content/k5547q14j2332361.
- ^ Geoff Boxshall (August 20, 2008). "Tantulocarida". In T. Chad Walter & Geoff Boxshall. World Copepoda database. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1083. Retrieved December 31, 2009.
- ^ Geoff Boxshall (August 20, 2008). "Basipodellidae". In T. Chad Walter & Geoff Boxshall. World Copepoda database. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=136591. Retrieved December 31, 2009.
- ^ Geoff Boxshall (August 20, 2008). "Doryphallophoridae". In T. Chad Walter & Geoff Boxshall. World Copepoda database. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=136593. Retrieved December 31, 2009.
- ^ Geoff Boxshall (August 20, 2008). "Microdajidae". In T. Chad Walter & Geoff Boxshall. World Copepoda database. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=136594. Retrieved December 31, 2009.
- ^ Geoff Boxshall (August 20, 2008). "Deoterthridae". In T. Chad Walter & Geoff Boxshall. World Copepoda database. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=136592. Retrieved December 31, 2009.
