Family CLAUSIDIIDAE Embleton, 1901

Hemicyclops australis, dorsal male

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Hemicyclops australis, dorsal female

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• Clausidiidae Embleton, 1901.

  Type genus:

   Clausidium Kossmann, 1874.

  Compiled from secondary source:

   Boxshall, G.A. & Halsey, S.H. 2004. An Introduction to Copepod Diversity. London : The Ray Society 966 pp. [482].

Introduction

Clausidiids are found in association with sponges, molluscs, crustaceans, cnidarians, polychaetes and vestimentiferan and echiuran worms. The family comprises seven genera, and 68 species. See Boxshall & Halsey (2004: 482) for more details as well as a key to the genera.

ID Keys

For a key to the genera see Boxshall & Halsey (2004).

General References

Boxshall, G.A. & Halsey, S.H. 2004. An Introduction to Copepod Diversity. London : The Ray Society 966 pp.