Family EUCHAETIDAE Giesbrecht, 1893
Compiler and date details
30 June 2007 - Walker-Smith, G.K., Cook, K.N. & Chilton-Lahey, K.L.
- Euchaetidae Giesbrecht, 1893.
Type genus:
Euchaeta Philippi, 1843.Compiled from secondary source:
Boxshall, G.A. & Halsey, S.H. 2004. An Introduction to Copepod Diversity. London : The Ray Society 966 pp. [120].
Introduction
Species of the family Euchaetidae are marine, planktonic, medium to large-sized calanoids. They are predatory copepods, and are essential in oceanic zooplankton communities (from epipelagic to bathypelagic). Most species inhabit deeper waters. Two genera, and 75 species are known. See Boxshall & Halsey (2004: 118) 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.