Darcythompsoniidae

Darcythompsoniidae is a family of copepods, containing four genera.[1] Members of the family have a very wide distribution throughout the tropics, where they live in rotting mangrove leaves.[2][3] They lack egg sacs and are thought to lay their eggs directly into the leaf litter.[4]

Darcythompsoniidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Copepoda
Order: Harpacticoida
Family: Darcythompsoniidae
Lang, 1936
Genera
  • Darcythompsonia T. Scott, 1906
  • Kristensenia Por, 1983
  • Leptocaris T. Scott, 1899
  • Pabellonia Gómez, 2000

Darcythompsonia and Kristensenia are both large-bodied, while Leptocaris species are much smaller.[2]

References
  1. Rony Huys (2011). Walter TC, Boxshall G (eds.). "Darcythompsoniidae". World of Copepods database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved January 9, 2012.
  2. F. D. Por (1983). "Mangrove swamp-inhabiting Harpacticoida of the family Darcythompsoniidae Lang". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 3 (1): 141–153. doi:10.2307/1547859. JSTOR 1547859.
  3. S. Gómez (2000). "A new genus, a new species, and a new record of the family Darcythompsoniidae Lang, 1936 (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) from the Gulf of California, Mexico". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 129 (4): 515–536. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2000.tb00615.x.
  4. J. Michael Gee & Paul J. Somerfield (1007). "Do mangrove diversity and leaf litter decay promote meiofaunal diversity?". Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 218 (1): 13–33. doi:10.1016/S0022-0981(97)00065-8.


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