Bodotriidae

Taxobox
name = Bodotriidae

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image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Bodotria scorpioides"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Crustacea
classis = Malacostraca
superordo = Peracarida
ordo = Cumacea
familia = Bodotriidae
familia_authority = Scott, 1901 [Scott, T., (1901). Notes on gatherings of Crustacea, collected for the most part by the Fishery Steamer "Garland" and the Steam Trawler "St Andrew" of Aberdeen and examined during the year 1900. Rep. Fish. Bd. Scotl. 19: 235-281, pls 17, 18]
subdivision_ranks = Subfamilies
subdivision =
Bodotriinae
Vaunthompsoniinae
Mancocumatinae

Bodotriidae is a family of crustaceans belonging to the order cumacea.

Anatomy

In both sexes the telson is fused with the last segment of the pleon, forming a pleotelson. Males generally have five pairs of pleopods, though less often, there may be three, two or they may be entirely absent. In females the second antenna is substantially shorter than the first. The third maxillipeds always have exopods (outer branches), and there are endopods (inner branches) on one or two segments of the uropods.

References

External links

* [http://www.marinespecies.org/cumacea/cumacea.php?p=taxdetails&id=110378 Bodotriidae] on the Cumacea World Database.