Tantulocarida
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| 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]
Description
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Body length
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]
Life cycle
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The tantulocarid life cycle is unique. It does not follow the usual moulting cycle of all crustaceans; instead, the mature adult actually develops within an attached parasitic tantulus larva.[5]
Classification
Five families are recognised:[6]
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Basipodellidae Boxshall & Lincoln, 1983:[7]
Doryphallophoridae Huys, 1991:[8]
Microdajidae Boxshall & Lincoln, 1987:[9]
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Deoterthridae Boxshall & Lincoln, 1987:[10]
Onceroxenidae Huys, 1991:[11]
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References
- ^ "Tantulocarida". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ^ Geoffrey A. Boxshall & Roger J. Lincoln (February 1983). "Tantulocarida, a new class of Crustacea ectoparasitic on other crustaceans". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 3 (1): 1–16. doi:10.2307/1547849. JSTOR 1547849.
- ^ "Tantulocarida". AccessScience Encyclopedia. McGraw-Hill. Retrieved 2016-09-10.
- ^ Inga Mohrbeck, Pedro Martínez Arbizu & Thomas Glatzel (October 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. doi:10.1007/s11230-010-9260-0.
- ^ G. A. Boxshall & R. J. Lincoln (June 11, 1987). "The life cycle of the Tantulocarida (Crustacea)". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 315 (1173): 267–303. doi:10.1098/rstb.1987.0009. JSTOR 2396610.
- ^ Geoff Boxshall. "Tantulocarida". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2016-09-10.
- ^ Geoff Boxshall (August 20, 2008). T. Chad Walter & Geoff Boxshall (ed.). "Basipodellidae". World Copepoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2016-09-10.
- ^ Geoff Boxshall (August 20, 2008). T. Chad Walter & Geoff Boxshall (ed.). "Doryphallophoridae". World Copepoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2016-09-10.
- ^ Geoff Boxshall (August 20, 2008). T. Chad Walter & Geoff Boxshall (ed.). "Microdajidae". World Copepoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2016-09-10.
- ^ Geoff Boxshall (2012). Walter TC, Boxshall G (eds.). "Deoterthridae". World of Copepods database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2016-09-10.
- ^ Geoff Boxshall (2012). Walter TC, Boxshall G (eds.). "Onceroxenidae". World of Copepods database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2016-09-10.
External links
Data related to Tantulocarida at Wikispecies
