Mormonillidae is a
family
Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...
of
plankton
Plankton are the diverse collection of organisms that drift in Hydrosphere, water (or atmosphere, air) but are unable to actively propel themselves against ocean current, currents (or wind). The individual organisms constituting plankton are ca ...
ic marine
copepod
Copepods (; meaning 'oar-feet') are a group of small crustaceans found in nearly every freshwater and saltwater habitat (ecology), habitat. Some species are planktonic (living in the water column), some are benthos, benthic (living on the sedimen ...
s, the only member of the order Mormonilloida. There are five known species in two genera:
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Mormonilla''
Giesbrecht, 1891
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Mormonilla atlantica''
Wolfenden, 1905
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Mormonilla phasma''
Giesbrecht, 1891
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Neomormonilla''
Ivanenko & Defaye, 2006
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Neomormonilla extremata''
Ivanenko & Defaye, 2006
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Neomormonilla minor''
(Giesbrecht, 1891)
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Neomormonilla polaris''
(G. O. Sars, 1900)
References
Copepod families
Copepods
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