Sphyriidae
Sign in to saveSphyriidae is a family of marine copepods in the order Siphonostomatoida.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassCopepoda
- OrderSiphonostomatoida
- FamilySphyriidae
Habitatmarine
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 9
- Family
- Sphyriidae
- Collections
- USNM, SAMA, AM
- Recorded in
- Antarctica, United States, Australia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Siphonostomatoida
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- taxon name
- Sphyriidae
- taxon rank
- family
- topic's main category
- Category:Sphyriidae
- taxon author citation
- Wilson C.B., 1919
- Commons category
- Sphyriidae
- taxon common name
- Uoyadori-soramame-mushi-ka
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Taxonomy and history
- Ecology
- Classification
- References
Sphyriidae is a family of marine copepods in the order Siphonostomatoida.
==Taxonomy and history== The family Sphyriidae was established by Charles Branch Wilson in 1919 with Sphyrion as the type genus. Wilson erected the family to include the existing genera of Opimia, Rebelula (now recognised as Lophoura), Sphyrion, and Trypaphylum (now recognised as Tripaphylus) and the newly described genera of Paeon (now recognised as Tripaphylus) and Periplexus. Eight genera are currently recognised.
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