Podoplea

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.

==Classification== Podoplea contains 8 orders. They are listed below. Order Cyclopoida Burmeister, 1834 Order Gelyelloida Huys, 1988 Order Harpacticoida G. O. Sars, 1903 Order Misophrioida Gurney, 1933 Order Monstrilloida Sars, 1901 Order Mormonilloida Boxshall, 1979 Order Polyarthra Lang, 1944 (=Canuelloida Khodami, Vaun MacArthur, Blanco-Bercial & Martinez Arbizu, 2017 ) Order Siphonostomatoida Thorell, 1859