Ceratocumatidae

Ceratocumatidae
Ceratocumatidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
Order: Cumacea
Family: Ceratocumatidae
Calman, 1905[1]
Genera

Ceratocuma
Cimmerius

Ceratocumatidae is one of the eight most commonly recognised families of crustaceans of the order Cumacea.

Anatomy

Ceratocumatidae have a small free telson. The endopods (interior branches) of the uropods are present on only one segment. Males have 5, 4 or 3 pairs of pleopods. All maxillipeds and some of the pereiopods bear exopods (outer branches). The gill apparatus has no supporting gill plates.[2]

References

  1. ^ Calman, W. T. (1905). "The Cumacea of the Siboga Expedition". Uitkomsten op Zoologisch, Botanisch, Oceanographisch en Geologisch Gebied 36: 1–23. 
  2. ^ Daphne Cuvelier (2005-05-02). "Ceratocumatidae". Cumacea world database. http://www.marinespecies.org/cumacea/cumacea.php?p=taxdetails&id=110379.