Pseudocyclopidae () is a family of

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 ...

belonging to the order

Calanoida Calanoida is an order of copepods, a group of arthropods commonly found as zooplankton. The order includes around 46 families with about 1800 species of both marine and freshwater copepods between them. Description Calanoids can be distinguish ...

. They include

genera Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial s ...

such as Badijella, Boholina, and Brattstromia. Additionally, they are found in marine environments, particularly in waters immediately over the seabed from coastal zones to the edge of the continental shelf. Giesbrecht identified the Pseudocyclopidae family in 1893, which includes

with distinct morphological characteristics such as the absence of an aesthetasc on the fourth antennular segment and a well-developed, elongated two-segmented mandibular endopod with ten terminal

setae In biology, setae (; seta ; ) are any of a number of different bristle- or hair-like structures on living organisms. Animal setae Protostomes Depending partly on their form and function, protostome setae may be called macrotrichia, chaetae ...

Classification

Wilhelm Giesbrecht Wilhelm Giesbrecht (1854–1913) was a Prussian zoologist, specialising in copepods, during the "golden age of copepodology". Giesbrecht was born in Gdańsk in 1854, and was educated in Kiel, where in 1881 he earned a Doctor of Philosophy, Ph.D. ...

(Prussian Zoologist Born in Gdańsk) contributed to the identification and classification of the Pseudocyclopidae family in 1892-1893 as an epilogue of his work on

, particularly in his installment
Systematik und Faunistik der pelagischen Copepoden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte
'.

Genera

Genera: * '' Badijella'' Krsinic, 2005 * '' Boholina'' Fosshagen, 1989 * '' Brattstromia'' Fosshagen, 1991 * '' Exumellina'' Fosshagen, 1970 * '' Normancavia'' Fosshagen, 1970 * '' Pinkertonius'' Fosshagen, 1970 * '' Pseudocyclops'' Brady, 1872 * '' Sipadantonius Ohtsuka'', Fosshagen & Putchakarn, 2023

References

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