- Ceratocumatidae
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Ceratocumatidae Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Crustacea Class: Malacostraca Superorder: Peracarida Order: Cumacea Family: Ceratocumatidae
Calman, 1905[1]Genera Ceratocuma
CimmeriusCeratocumatidae 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
- ^ Calman, W. T. (1905). "The Cumacea of the Siboga Expedition". Uitkomsten op Zoologisch, Botanisch, Oceanographisch en Geologisch Gebied 36: 1–23.
- ^ Daphne Cuvelier (2005-05-02). "Ceratocumatidae". Cumacea world database. http://www.marinespecies.org/cumacea/cumacea.php?p=taxdetails&id=110379.
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