Copepod genera

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Nitocrella is a genus of copepods. Although most other genera in the family Ameiridae are marine, species of Nitocrella are almost exclusively found in subterranean fresh water or brackish water. More than 80 species are included in the genus, including two which are listed as vulnerable species on the IUCN Red List:

Epischura is a genus of copepods in the family Temoridae.

Acartia is a genus of marine calanoid copepods. They are epipelagic, estuarine, zooplanktonic found throughout the oceans of the world, primarily in temperate regions.

Diacyclops is a genus of cyclopoid copepods in the family Cyclopidae. There are more than 120 described species in Diacyclops. thumb|Diacyclops thomasi

Tigriopus is a genus of copepods in the family Harpacticidae, containing the following species:

Eudiaptomus is a genus of freshwater crustaceans in the family Diaptomidae. It contains the following species:

Eurytemora is a genus of copepods in the family Temoridae.

Nitokra is a genus of copepods belonging to the family Ameiridae.

Bryocamptus is a genus of copepods belonging to the family Canthocamptidae.

Stenhelia is a genus of copepods belonging to the family Miraciidae.

Calanus is a genus of marine copepod in the family Calanidae (Order Calanoida). The genus was split in 1974, with some species being placed in a new genus, Neocalanus. The following species are recognised:

Lepeophtheirus is a genus of sea louse. The best-known species is L. salmonis, the salmon louse. Other species include L. pectoralis, which uses flatfish as its host, particularly the European flounder, and is also the type species of the genus Lepeophtheirus.

Nannopus is a genus of copepods belonging to the family Nannopodidae.

genus of crustaceans

Pennella is a genus of large copepods which are common parasites of large pelagic fishes. They begin their life cycle as a series of free-swimming planktonic larvae. The females metamorphose into a parasitic stage when they attach to a host and enter into its skin. The males are free swimming. Due to their large size and mesoparasitic life history there have been a number of studies of Pennella, the members of which are among the largest of the parasitic Copepoda. All species are found as adults buried into the flesh of marine bony fish, except for a single species, Pennella balaenopterae whic

Halectinosoma is a genus of copepods belonging to the family Ectinosomatidae with around 70 described species.

Parastenocaris is a genus of copepods belonging to the family Parastenocarididae.

Eudactylina is a genus of copepods. They parasitise elasmobranch fishes.

Centropages is a genus of copepods in the family Centropagidae with 34 known marine species. The genus was first described in 1849 by Henrik Nikolai Krøyer.

Trebius is a genus of marine copepods in the monotypic family Trebiidae.

Heterocope is a genus of copepods in the family Temoridae. It was described by Norwegian biologist Georg Ossian Sars in 1863.

Gelyella is a genus of freshwater copepods. They live in groundwater in karstic areas of southern France and western Switzerland. The two species are the only members of the family Gelyellidae and, although previously placed in the order Harpacticoida, a new order, Gelyelloida, was erected for this family alone.

Rhincalanus is a genus of copepods belonging to the monotypic family Rhincalanidae.

Afrolaophonte is a genus of marine copepods belonging to the family Laophontidae. The genus was first described in 1960 by Chappuis. The type species is Afrolaophonte monodi Chappuis, 1960.

genus of copepods

Lernaeocera is a genus of marine copepods in the family Pennellidae.

Mesaiokeras is a genus of crustaceans belonging to the monotypic family Mesaiokeratidae.

Onychocamptus is a genus of copepods belonging to the family Laophontidae.

Ameira is a genus of crustaceans in the family Ameiridae belonging to the order Harpacticoida, and was first described in 1865 by Jonas Axel Boeck. The type species is Ameira longipes.

Longipedia is a genus of marine copepods of the family Longipediidae, order Canuelloida.

Candacia is a genus of copepods in the order Calanoida. It is the only genus in the monotypic family Candaciidae. The family, Candaciidae, was first described in 1893 by Wilhelm Giesbrecht. The genus, Candacia, was first described in 1846 by James Dwight Dana.

Hemiboeckella is a genus of crustacean in family Centropagidae. It contains the following species: Hemiboeckella andersonae Bayly, 1974 Hemiboeckella powellensis Bayly, 1979 Hemiboeckella searli G. O. Sars, 1912

Karllangia is a genus of marine copepods. Its name commemorates the Swedish carcinologist Karl Georg Herman Lang. The genus contains five species: Karllangia arenicola Noodt, 1964 Karllangia obscura Mielke, 1994 Karllangia ornatissima (Monard, 1935) Karllangia psammophila Wells, 1967 Karllangia pulchra Mielke, 1994

Robertgurneya is a genus of copepods, containing the following species:

Euaugaptilus is a genus of copepods. The genus contains bioluminescent species.

Collocheres is a genus of copepods in the family Asterocheridae.

Calamoecia is a genus of copepods in the family Centropagidae confined to Australasia. It is thought to have evolved since the separation of the Australian continent from Antarctica. Three of the Australian endemic species are listed as vulnerable species on the IUCN Red List (marked VU in the list below). The genus contains the following species:

genus of arthropods

Heliodiaptomus is a genus of copepods in the family Diaptomidae, containing the following species:.

Monstrilla is a genus of copepods in the family Monstrillidae.