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Poecilostomatoida

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List of families after Martin & Davis 2001.
Containing group: Copepoda

References

Humes, A. G. and G. A. Boxshall. 1996. A revision of the lichomolgoid complex (Copepoda: Poecilostomatoida), with the recognition of six new families. Journal of Natural History 30:175-227.

Huys, R. and R. Böttger-Schnack. 1997. On the diphyletic origin of the Oncaeidae Giesbrecht, 1892 (Copepoda: Poecilostomatoida) with a phylogenetic analysis of the Lubbockiidae fam. nov. Zoologischer Anzeiger 235:243-261.

Huys, R. and G. A. Boxshall. 1991. Copepod Evolution. The Ray Society, London.

Martin, J. W. and G. E. Davis. 2001. An updated Classification of the Recent Crustacea. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Science Series 39. Los Angeles, CA.

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Scientific Name Sapphirina darwinii
Reference Ernst Haeckel's Kunstformen der Natur published 1899-1904 by Verlag des Bibliographischen Instituts, Leipzig and Vienna
Sex Female
Source Collection BioLib Online Library of Biological Books
Scientific Name Oncaea venusta
Reference Ernst Haeckel's Kunstformen der Natur published 1899-1904 by Verlag des Bibliographischen Instituts, Leipzig and Vienna
Sex Male
Source Collection BioLib Online Library of Biological Books
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