Tantulocarida

Taxobox
name = Tantulocarida
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Crustacea
classis = Maxillopoda
subclassis = Tantulocarida
subclassis_authority = G.A. Boxshall & R.J. Lincoln, 1983
subdivision_ranks = Families
subdivision = :Basipodellidae:Deoterthridae:Doryphallophoridae:Microdajidae:Onceroxenidae

Tantulocarida is a small subclass of the class Maxillopoda ( copepods and barnacles) that consists of about 1200 species. They are typically ectoparasites that infest deep-sea copepods, isopods, tanaids, and ostracods.

Members of this subclass are minute—less than 0.3 mm (0.01 inch) in length—and have a dramatic reduction in body form compared to other crustaceans, with an unsegmented sac-like thorax and a much reduced abdomen.

Tantulocarida comprises five families:

:Basipodellidae::"Basipodella atlantica"::"Basipodella harpacticola"::"Stygotantulus stocki" (the world's smallest crustacean):Deoterthridae::"Amphitantulus harpinacheres"::"Boreotantulus kunzi"::"Cumoniscus kruppi"::"Deoterthron aselloticola"::"Dicrotrichura tricincta"::"Tantulacus hoegi":Doryphallophoridae::"Doryphallophora harrisoni":Microdajidae::"Microdajus gaelicus"::"Microdajus langi"::"Microdajus pectinatus":Onceroxenidae::"Onceroxenus birdi"::"Onceroxenus curtus"

ee also

* [http://www.accessscience.com/Encyclopedia/6/67/Est_677750_frameset.html?doi McGraw-HillAccessScience Listing: Tantulocarida]
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* [http://www.crustacea.net/crustace/www/tantuloc.htm Crustacea.net]