Kingdom Animalia Subphylum Crustacea Order Cumacea Higher classification Cumacea | Phylum Arthropoda Superorder Peracarida Scientific name Ceratocumatidae Rank Family | |
Similar Pseudocumatidae, Cumacea, Crustacean, Diastylidae, Nannastacidae | ||
Ceratocumatidae is a family of crustaceans of the order Cumacea. 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.
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