Family ANCORABOLIDAE Sars, 1909
Compiler and date details
31 May 2007 - G.K. Walker-Smith & K. Chilton-Lahey
- Ancorabolidae Sars, G.O. 1909. Copepoda Harpacticoida. Parts XXVII & XXVIII. Cletodidae (concluded), Anchorabolidae, Gylindropsyllidae, Tachidiidae (part). In, Sars, G.O. (ed.). An Account of the Crustacea of Norway with short descriptions and figures of all the species. Bergen : Bergen Museum [311].
Type genus:
Ancorabolus Norman, 1903.
Introduction
Ancorabolids are typically found in the interstital waters and in the flocculent layers of muddy marine sediments. They have occasionally been reported from brackish waters. They are rarely found beyond depths of 100 metres.
They have a wide geographic distribution, being found in the tropics and subantarctic islands, as well as everywhere in between (Boxshall & Halsey 2004). Two genera, each with one species, are listed here for the Australian fauna.
General References
Boxshall, G.A. & Halsey, S.H. 2004. An Introduction to Copepod Diversity. London : The Ray Society 966 pp.