Subclass MYSTACOCARIDA Pennak & Zinn, 1943
Compiler and date details
31 May 2009 - Gary C. B. Poore & Geoff A. Boxshall
Introduction
Mystacocarids are minute narrow crustaceans that live in the interstitial spaces between sand grains of intertidal marine beaches (Schram 1986; Boxshall & Defaye 1996). The subclass has a single order with one family. Zinn et al. (1982) listed the earlier literature.
General References
Boxshall, G.A. & Defaye, D. 1996. Classe des Mystacocarides (Mystacocarida Pennak et Zinn, 1943). pp. 409-424 in Forest, J. (ed.). Traité de Zoologie. Anatomie, Systématique, Biologie. Publié sous la direction de Pierre-P. Grassé. Tome VII. Crustacés. Fascicule 2. Généralités (suite) et systématique (Céphalocarides à Syncarides). Paris : Masson éditeur 1002 pp.
Pennak, R. & Zinn, D.J. 1943. Mystacocarida, new order of Crustacea from internal beaches in Massachussetts and Connecticut. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 103: 1-11
Schram, F.R. 1986. Crustacea. London, New York : Oxford University Press 606 pp.
Zinn, O.J., Found, B.W. & Kraus, M.G. 1982. A bibliography of the Mystacocarida. Crustaceana 42: 270-274