Oncaeidae

Oncaeidae
Oncaeidae
Male Oncaea venusta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Maxillopoda
Subclass: Copepoda
Order: Poecilostomatoida
Family: Oncaeidae
Giesbrecht, 1893

Oncaeidae is a family of copepods, containing the following genera:[1]

  • Archioncaea Böttger-Schnack & Huys, 1997
  • Conaea Giesbrecht, 1891
  • Epicalymma Heron, 1977
  • Monothula Böttger-Schnack & Huys, 2001
  • Oncaea Philippi, 1843
  • Spinoncaea Böttger-Schnack, 2003
  • Triconia Böttger-Schnack, 1999

References

  1. ^ Geoff Boxshall (June 12, 2011). "Oncaeidae". In T. C. Walter & G. Boxshall. World Copepoda database. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=128586.