Cumoniscidae is a
family
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of
crustacean
Crustaceans (from Latin meaning: "those with shells" or "crusted ones") are invertebrate animals that constitute one group of arthropods that are traditionally a part of the subphylum Crustacea (), a large, diverse group of mainly aquatic arthrop ...
s in the
class
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Tantulocarida, classified under the
superclass Multicrustacea.
The family was previously known as Deoterthridae, but Cumoniscidae was determined to be senior subjective synonym.
The family contains the following genera:
*''
Amphitantulus''
Boxshall & Vader, 1993
*''
Aphotocentor''
Huys, 1991
*''
Arcticotantulus''
Kornev, Tchesunov & Rybnikov, 2004
*''
Boreotantulus''
Huys & Boxshall, 1988
*''
Campyloxiphos''
Huys, 1991
*''
Coralliotantulus''
Huys, 1991
*''
Cumoniscus''
Bonnier, 1903
*''
Deoterthron''
Bradford & Hewitt, 1980
*''
Dicrotrichura''
Huys, 1989
*''
Itoitantulus''
Huys, Ohtsuka Boxshall & Itô, 1992
*''
Tantulacus''
Huys, Andersen & Kristensen, 1992
The genus ''
Onceroxenus''
Boxshall & Lincoln, 1987 was previously place in this family but is now placed in the monotypic family
Onceroxenidae.
References
Maxillopoda
Crustacean families
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