| Synapticolidae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Copepoda |
| Order: | Cyclopoida |
| Suborder: | Ergasilida |
| Family: | Synapticolidae |
Synapticolidae is a family of cyclopoid copepods in the order Cyclopoida. There are about 11 genera and at least 50 described species in Synapticolidae. Characteristics of this family include the expression of body segments in both sexes, well-developed swimming legs, and a tapering mandible with toothed margins.
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
References
- "Synapticolidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
- "Synapticolidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
- Boxshall, Geoffrey Allan; O’Reilly, Myles (February 2015). "The first parasitic copepod from a scaphopod mollusc host". Systematic Parasitology. 90 (2): 113–124. doi:10.1007/s11230-014-9537-9. PMID 25655111.
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