Pontellidae is a family of
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 in 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 ...
, containing the following genera:
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Anomalocera''
Templeton, 1837
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Calanopia''
Dana, 1852
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Epilabidocera''
C. B. Wilson, 1932
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Isocope''
Brady, 1915
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Ivellopsis''
Claus, 1893
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Labidocera''
Lubbock, 1853
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Pontella''
Dana, 1846
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Pontellina''
Dana, 1852
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Pontellopsis''
Brady, 1883
References
External links
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Calanoida
Copepod families
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