| Monstrilloida | |
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| Monstrilla longiremis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Copepoda |
| Infraclass: | Neocopepoda |
| Superorder: | Podoplea |
| Order: | Monstrilloida G. O. Sars, 1901 [2] |
| Family: | Monstrillidae Dana, 1849 [1] |
Monstrilloida is an order of copepods with a cosmopolitan distribution in the world's oceans. The order contains a single family, Monstrillidae.[2] The name of the first ever described genus Monstrilla is derived from latin, meaning "tiny monster", because the lack of usual diagnostic features of copepods puzzled early taxonomists.[3]
- ^ "Monstrillidae Dana, 1849". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved July 8, 2011.
- ^ a b "Monstrilloida Sars, 1901". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved July 8, 2011.
- ^ Suárez-Morales, Eduardo (August 2018). "Monstrilloid Copepods: the Best of Three Worlds". Bulletin, Southern California Academy of Sciences. 117 (2): 92–103. doi:10.3160/3646.1. ISSN 0038-3872. S2CID 92446569.