Siphonostomatoida
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Siphonostomatoida are copepod
s of the order
of the subclass Maxillopoda
, inside the subphylum
Crustacea. There are 42 recognised families:
Copepod
Copepods are a group of small crustaceans found in the sea and nearly every freshwater habitat. Some species are planktonic , some are benthic , and some continental species may live in limno-terrestrial habitats and other wet terrestrial places, such as swamps, under leaf fall in wet forests,...
s of the order
Order (biology)
In scientific classification used in biology, the order is# a taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, family, genus, and species, with order fitting in between class and family...
of the subclass Maxillopoda
Maxillopoda
Maxillopoda is a diverse class of crustaceans including barnacles, copepods and a number of related animals. It does not appear to be a monophyletic group, and no single character unites all the members.-Description:...
, inside the subphylum
Subphylum
In life, a subphylum is a taxonomic rank intermediate between phylum and superclass. The rank of subdivision in plants and fungi is equivalent to subphylum.Not all phyla are divided into subphyla...
Crustacea. There are 42 recognised families:
- Amaterasidae
- Archidactylinidae
- Artotrogidae
- Asterocheridae
- Brychiopontiidae
- Caligidae
- Calverocheridae
- Cancerillidae
- Cecropidae
- Codobidae
- Coralliomyzontidae
- Dichelesthiidae
- Dichelinidae
- Dinopontiidae
- Dirivultidae
- Dissonidae
- Ecbathyriontidae
- Entomolepididae
- Eudactylinidae
- Hatschekiidae
- Hyponeoidae
- Kroyeriidae
- Lernaeopodidae
- Lernanthropidae
- Megapontiidae
- Melinnacheridae
- Micropontiidae
- Nanaspididae
- Nicothoidae
- Pachynesthidae
- Pandaridae
- PennellidaePennellidaeThe Pennellidae are a family of copepods, containing the following genera:*Allotrifur Yamaguti, 1963*Cardiodectes C. B. Wilson, 1917*Creopelates Shiino, 1958*Exopenna Boxshall, 1986*Haemobaphes Steenstrup & Lutken, 1861...
- Pontoeciellidae
- Pseudocycnidae
- Rataniidae
- Scottomyzontidae
- Sphyriidae
- Sponginticolidae
- Spongiocnizontidae
- Stellicomitidae
- Tanypleuridae
- Trebiidae