Tegastidae

Tegastidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Maxillopoda
Subclass: Copepoda
Order: Harpacticoida
Family: Tegastidae
G. O. Sars, 1904

Tegastidae is a family of copepods, which are characterised by having laterally compressed bodies (resembling that of an amphipod), a claw-like mandible in the nauplius stage, and by a modified male genital complex.[1] Around 60 species have been described in 6 genera. Two species of Smacigastes are found at hydrothermal vents, while the remaining species are found in shallow water, associated with algae, bryozoans and cnidarians, such as corals.[1]

The six genera are:[2]

References

External identifiers for Tegastidae
EOL 6937
ITIS 86114
NCBI 512258
WoRMS 115179
Also found in: [//species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tegastidae Wikispecies]
  1. ^ a b Sabine Gollner, Viatcheslav N. Ivanenko & Pedro Martinez Arbizu (2008). "A new species of deep-sea Tegastidae (Crustacea: Copepoda: Harpacticoida) from 9°50´N on the East Pacific Rise, with remarks on its ecology" (PDF). Zootaxa 1866: 323–326. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2008/f/zt01866p336.pdf. 
  2. ^ T. Chad Walter & Rony Huys (2010). "Tegastidae". In T. Chad Walter & Geoff Boxshall. World Copepoda database. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=115179. Retrieved November 9, 2010.