Copepods

Copepods (; meaning 'oar-feet') are a group of small crustaceans found in nearly every freshwater and saltwater habitat. Some species are planktonic (living in the water column), some are benthic (living on the sediments), several species have parasitic phases, and some continental species may live in limnoterrestrial habitats and other wet terrestrial places, such as swamps, under leaf fall in wet forests, bogs, springs, ephemeral ponds, puddles, damp moss, or water-filled recesses of plants (phytotelmata) such as bromeliads and pitcher plants. Many live underground in marine and freshwater c

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species of crustacean

Aetideidae is a family of copepods belonging to the order Calanoida.

Poecilostomatoida is a suborder of copepods. Although it was previously considered a separate order.

Lernaeidae is a family of copepods belonging to the order Cyclopoida. Family Lernaeidae has 131 species. All species in Lernaeidae are parasites of freshwater fishes.

Tharybidae is a family of copepods belonging to the order Calanoida.

Tisbidae is a family of copepods belonging to the order Harpacticoida.

Tetragonicipitidae is a family of copepods belonging to the order Harpacticoida.

Oithonidae is a family of copepods belonging to the order Cyclopoida.

Tachidiidae is a family of copepods belonging to the order Harpacticoida.

Arietellidae is a family of copepods belonging to the order Calanoida.

Cletodidae is a family of copepods belonging to the order Harpacticoida.

Bathypontiidae is a family of copepods belonging to the order Calanoida.

Ascidicolidae is a family of copepods belonging to the order Cyclopoida.

Laophontidae is a family of copepods belonging to the order Harpacticoida.

Cancerillidae is a family of copepods belonging to the order Siphonostomatoida.

Spinocalanidae is a family of copepods belonging to the order Calanoida.

Leptastacidae is a family of copepods belonging to the order Harpacticoida.

Misophriidae is a family of copepods belonging to the order Misophrioida.

Thalestridae is a family of copepods belonging to the order Harpacticoida.

Paramesochridae is a family of copepods belonging to the order Harpacticoida.

Ancorabolidae is a family of copepods belonging to the order Harpacticoida.

Scolecitrichidae is a family of copepods belonging to the order Calanoida.

Cylindropsyllidae is a family of copepods belonging to the order Harpacticoida. It was first described by Sars in 1909, and was revised by Lang in 1936.

Notodelphyidae is a family of copepods belonging to the order Cyclopoida.

Peltidiidae is a family of copepods belonging to the order Harpacticoida.

Podoplea is a superorder of copepods in the infraclass Neocopepoda that was named by Wilhelm Giesbrecht in 1882. It has a worldwide distribution, with documented appearances in the Arctic, Atlantic, Indian, Pacific, and Southern oceans.

Myicolidae is a family of copepods belonging to the order Cyclopoida.

Argestidae is a family of copepods belonging to the order Harpacticoida.

Rataniidae is a family of copepods belonging to the order Siphonostomatoida.

Stephidae is a family of copepods belonging to the order Calanoida.

Canuellidae is a family of copepods belonging to the order Polyarthra.

Dichelesthiidae is a family of copepods belonging to the order Siphonostomatoida.

Megacalanidae is a family of copepods belonging to the order Calanoida.

Lamippidae is a family of copepods belonging to the order Cyclopoida.

Thompsonulidae is a family of copepods belonging to the order Harpacticoida.

Nullosetigeridae is a family of copepods belonging to the order Calanoida. The family contains the genus Nullosetigera, which includes the species N. auctiseta, N. bidentata, N. impar, N. helgae, and N. mutata. Each mentioned species has a unique shape, which helps differentiate between them. These differences were found in the segmentation pattern of the antennula, maxillule, makilliped, and legs 4 and 5.

Nannopodidae is a family of copepods belonging to the order Harpacticoida.

species of crustacean

Metidae is a family of copepods belonging to the order Harpacticoida.

Heterorhabdidae is a family of copepods belonging to the order Calanoida.

Nanaspididae is a family of copepods belonging to the order Siphonostomatoida.

Enteropsidae is a family of copepods belonging to the order Cyclopoida.

Laophontopsidae is a family of copepods belonging to the order Harpacticoida.

Misophrioida is an order of copepods, containing the following families: Misophriidae Boxshall & Jaume, 2000 Palpophriidae Boxshall & Jaume, 2000 Speleophriidae Boxshall & Jaume, 2000

Chordeumiidae is a family of crustaceans belonging to the order Cyclopoida.

Porcellidiidae is a family of copepods belonging to the order Harpacticoida.

Monstrilloida is an order of copepods with a cosmopolitan distribution in the world's oceans. The order contains a single family, Monstrillidae. The name of the first ever described genus Monstrilla is derived from Latin, meaning "tiny monster", because the lack of usual diagnostic features of copepods puzzled early taxonomists.

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.

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Macrochironidae is a family of copepods belonging to the order Cyclopoida.

Micropontiidae is a family of copepods belonging to the order Siphonostomatoida.

Hamondiidae is a family of copepods belonging to the order Harpacticoida.

species of crustacean

Normanellidae is a family of copepods belonging to the order Harpacticoida.

Parapontellidae is a family of copepods belonging to the order Calanoida.

Parastenheliidae is a family of copepods belonging to the order Harpacticoida.

species of crustacean

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