Synapticolidae
| Synapticolidae | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Class: | Copepoda | 
| Order: | Cyclopoida | 
| Suborder: | Ergasilida | 
| Family: | |
Synapticolidae is a family of cyclopoid copepods in the order Cyclopoida. There are about 11 genera and at least 50 described species in Synapticolidae.[1][2] Characteristics of this family include the expression of body segments in both sexes, well-developed swimming legs, and a tapering mandible with toothed margins.[3]
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.