Nannastacidae

Nannastacidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
Order: Cumacea
Family: Nannastacidae
Bate, 1866 [1]
Genera
  • Almyracuma
  • Bathycampylaspis
  • Campylaspensis
  • Campylaspides
  • Campylaspis
  • Claudicuma
  • Cubanocuma
  • Cumella
  • Cumellopsis
  • Elassocumella
  • Nannastacus
  • Paracampylaspis
  • Pavlovskeola
  • Platycuma
  • Procampylaspis
  • Scherocumella
  • Schizocuma
  • Schizotrema
  • Styloptocuma

Nannastacidae is a family of crustaceans belonging to the order Cumacea.

Anatomy

Nannastacidae have no free telson. The endopods (interior branches) of the uropods are present on one segment. There are exopods (outer branches) on the maxillipeds and generally one on pereopods 1–4 in males and 1–2 in females. Males possess five pairs of pleopods. In the females the second antenna is much shorter than the first.

References

  1. ^ Les Watling & Daphne Cuvelier (May 2, 2005). "Nannastacidae". In L. Watling. World Cumacea database. http://www.marinespecies.org/cumacea/cumacea.php?p=taxdetails&id=110383. Retrieved February 2, 2010. 

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