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Synapticolidae

Family of crustaceans From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Synapticolidae is a family of cyclopoid copepods in the order Cyclopoida. There are about 11 genera and at least 50 described species in Synapticolidae.[1][2] Characteristics of this family include the expression of body segments in both sexes, well-developed swimming legs, and a tapering mandible with toothed margins.[3]

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Genera

These 11 genera belong to the family Synapticolidae:

  • Calypsarion H.o.Humes, 1969
  • Calypsina Humes & Stock, 1972
  • Calysion
  • Caribulus Humes & Stock, 1972
  • Chauliolobion Humes, 1975
  • Lecanthurius
  • Lecanurius Kossmann, 1877
  • Lichothuria Stock, 1968
  • Meomicola Stock, Humes & Gooding, 1963
  • Scambicornus Heegaard, 1944
  • Synapticola Voigt, 1892

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