Canthocamptidae

Canthocamptidae is a family of copepods. Most of the 700 species are confined to fresh water, although there are also marine species.[2] It contains the following genera:[3]

  • Afrocamptus Chappuis, 1932
  • Antarctobiotus Chappuis, 1930
  • Antrocamptus Chappuis, 1956
  • Arcticocamptus Chappuis, 1928
  • Attheyella Brady, 1880
  • Australocamptus Karanovic, 2004
  • Boreolimella Huys & Thistle, 1989
  • Bryocamptus Chappuis, 1928
  • Canthocamptus Westwood, 1836
  • Ceuthonectes Chappuis, 1923
  • Cletocamptus Schmankevitsch 1875
  • Delachauxiella Brehn & Lunz, 1926
  • Echinocamptus Chappuis, 1929
  • Elaphoidella Chappuis, 1928
  • Elaphoidellopsis Apostolov, 1985
  • Epactophanoides Borutzky, 1966
  • Ferroniera Labbe, 1924
  • Fibulacamptus Hamond, 1988
  • Glaciella Kikuchi, 1994
  • Gulcamptus Miura, 1969
  • Hemimesochra G. O. Sars, 1920
  • Heteropsyllus T. Scott, 1894
  • Hypocamptus Chappuis, 1929
  • Isthmiocaris George & Schminke, 2003
  • Itunella Brady, 1896
  • Leimia Willey, 1923
  • Lessinocamptus Stoch, 1997
  • Ligulocamptus Guo, 1998
  • Limocamptus Chappuis, 1928
  • Loefflerella Rouch, 1962
  • Maraenobiotus Mrázek, 1893
  • Mesochra Boeck, 1865
  • Mesopsyllus Por, 1960
  • Moraria T. & A. Scott, 1893
  • Morariopsis Borutzky, 1931
  • Nannomesochra Gurney, 1932
  • Neoelaphoidella Apostolov, 1975
  • Neomrazekiella Ozdikmen & Pesce, 2006
  • Orthopsyllus Brady & Robertson, 1873
  • Paramorariopsis Brancelj, 1992
  • Parepactophanes Kunz, 1935
  • Pesceus Özdikmen, 2008
  • Pholetiscus Humes, 1947
  • Phyllocamptus T. Scott, 1899
  • Pilocamptus Wells, 2007
  • Pindamoraria Reid & Rocha, 2003
  • Pordfus Özdikmen, 2008
  • Poria Lang, 1965
  • Portierella Labbe, 1926
  • Praelaphoidella Apostolov, 1991
  • Psammocamptus Mielke, 1975
  • Pseudocamptus Ebert, 1976
  • Pseudomoraria Brancelj, 1994
  • Rheocamptus Borutzky, 1964
  • Spelaeocamptus Chappuis, 1933
  • Stenocaris G. O. Sars, 1909
  • Stygepactophanes Moeschler & Rouch, 1984
  • Thermomesochra Ito & Burton, 1980
  • Vibriopsyllus Kornev & Chertoprud 2008

Canthocamptidae
Temporal range:
Stygepactophanes jurassicus (700 ×)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Copepoda
Order: Harpacticoida
Family: Canthocamptidae
G. O. Sars, 1906 [1]
Genera

See text

Indeterminate fossils likely members of the family are known from the late Carboniferous of Oman, which were found in a clast of bitumen from a diamictite that had likely seeped up through a subglacial lake.[4]

References
  1. "Canthocamptidae G. O. Sars, 1906". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved July 8, 2011.
  2. G. L. Pesce (August 17, 2007). "Canthocamptidae Sars, 1906, emend. Monard, 1927, Lang, 1948".
  3. T. Chad Walter & R. Huys (August 6, 2008). T. Chad Walter & Geoff Boxshall (ed.). "Canthocamptidae". World Copepoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved December 31, 2009.
  4. Selden, Paul A.; Huys, Rony; Stephenson, Michael H.; Heward, Alan P.; Taylor, Paul N. (2010-08-10). "Crustaceans from bitumen clast in Carboniferous glacial diamictite extend fossil record of copepods". Nature Communications. 1 (1): 50. doi:10.1038/ncomms1049. hdl:1808/26575. ISSN 2041-1723. PMID 20975721.


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