Monstrilloida

Monstrilloida
Monstrilla longiremis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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]

  1. ^ "Monstrillidae Dana, 1849". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved July 8, 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Monstrilloida Sars, 1901". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved July 8, 2011.
  3. ^ 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.