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]
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 (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. 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.
- ↑ G. A. Boxshall & R. J. Lincoln (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". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved December 13, 2012.
- ↑ Geoff Boxshall (August 20, 2008). "Basipodellidae". In T. Chad Walter & Geoff Boxshall. World Copepoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved December 31, 2009.
- ↑ Geoff Boxshall (August 20, 2008). "Doryphallophoridae". In T. Chad Walter & Geoff Boxshall. World Copepoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved December 31, 2009.
- ↑ Geoff Boxshall (August 20, 2008). "Microdajidae". In T. Chad Walter & Geoff Boxshall. World Copepoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved December 31, 2009.
- ↑ Geoff Boxshall (2012). "Deoterthridae". In T. C. Walter & G. Boxshall. World of Copepods database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved December 12, 2012.
- ↑ Geoff Boxshall (2012). "Onceroxenidae". In T. C. Walter & G. Boxshall. World of Copepods database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved December 12, 2012.
External links
Data related to Tantulocarida at Wikispecies
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