Canthocamptus

Canthocamptus
Female specimen of C. glacialis from the Lena River.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Copepoda
Order: Harpacticoida
Family: Canthocamptidae
Genus: Canthocamptus
Westwood, 1836

Canthocamptus is a genus of copepods (small crustaceans) that live in freshwater of Holarctic. There are 21 different species of Canthocamptus.[1]

  1. ^ WoRMS (2009). T. C. Walter & G. Boxshall (ed.). "Canthocamptus Westwood, 1836". World Copepoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved April 14, 2010.