Ectinosomatidae

Ectinosomatidae
	Microstella spp.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Copepoda
Order:	Harpacticoida
Family:	Ectinosomatidae; G. O. Sars, 1903
Synonyms
	Ectinosomidae

Ectinosomatidae is a family of the Harpacticoida, a huge group of crustaceans belonging to the subclass Copepoda. Like most of their relatives, they are usually benthic inhabitants of marine environments. Ectinosomatidae commonly inhabit sediment and fragments of dead corals or glass sponges, and occasionally algae and bryozoans, in the deep oceans. In the epifaunal species, the first leg pair is often modified to allow the animals a better grip on the substrate.^[1]

Genera

More than 20 genera are included in the family:^[2]

Arenosetella C. B. Wilson, 1932
Bradya Boeck, 1872
Bradyellopsis Brian, 1923
Chaulionyx Kihara & Huys, 2009
Ectinosoma Boeck, 1865 (including Helectinsoma)
Ectinosomella G. O. Sars, 1910
Ectinosomoides Nicholls, 1945
Glabrotelson Huys in Kihara & Huys, 2009
Halectinosoma Lang, 1944 (including Pararenosetella)
Halophytophilus Brian, 1919 (including Alophytophilus)
Hastigerella Nicholls, 1935
Klieosoma Hicks & Schriever, 1985
Microsetella Brady & Robertson, 1873
Noodtiella Wells, 1965 (including Lineosoma)
Oikopus Wells, 1967
Parabradya Lang, 1944
Peltobradya Médioni & Soyer, 1967
Pseudectinosoma Kunz, 1935
Pseudobradya G. O. Sars, 1904
Rangabradya Karanovic & Pesce, 2001
Sigmatidium Giesbrecht, 1881
Tetanopsis Brady, 1910

References

^ Hendrik Gheerardyn, Sybille Seifried & Ann Vanreusel (2008). "A new species of Halophytophilus Brian, 1919 (Copepoda: Harpacticoida: Ectinosomatidae) from cold-water corals in the Porcupine Seabight (NE Atlantic)" (PDF abstract). Zootaxa. 1761: 1–16.
^ T. Chad Walter & Rony Huys (2010). T. Chad Walter & Geoff Boxshall (ed.). "Ectinosomatidae". World Copepoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved August 10, 2010.

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[1] Hendrik Gheerardyn, Sybille Seifried & Ann Vanreusel (2008). "A new species of Halophytophilus Brian, 1919 (Copepoda: Harpacticoida: Ectinosomatidae) from cold-water corals in the Porcupine Seabight (NE Atlantic)" (PDF abstract). Zootaxa. 1761: 1–16.

[2] T. Chad Walter & Rony Huys (2010). T. Chad Walter & Geoff Boxshall (ed.). "Ectinosomatidae". World Copepoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved August 10, 2010.

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