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Mormonillidae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Subclass
  
Copepod

Subphylum
  
Crustacea

Rank
  
Family

Mormonillidae httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Order
  
Mormonilloida Boxshall, 1979

Similar
  
Copepod, Misophrioida, Platycopiidae, Gelyella, Monstrilloida

Mormonillidae is a family of planktonic marine copepods, the only member of the order Mormonilloida. There are five known species in two genera:

  • Mormonilla Giesbrecht, 1891
  • Mormonilla atlantica Wolfenden, 1905
  • Mormonilla phasma Giesbrecht, 1891
  • Neomormonilla Ivanenko & Defaye, 2006
  • Neomormonilla extremata Ivanenko & Defaye, 2006
  • Neomormonilla minor (Giesbrecht, 1891)
  • Neomormonilla polaris (G. O. Sars, 1900)

    • References

    Mormonillidae Wikipedia
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