Cyclopoida

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Cyclopoida
Cyclops sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Crustacea Class: Maxillopoda Subclass: Copepoda Order: Cyclopoida Burmeister, 1834
Families
Archinotodelphyidae Ascidicolidae Buproridae Chordeumiidae Cucumaricolidae Cyclopidae Cyclopinidae Fratiidae Lernaeidae Mantridae Notodelphyidae Oithonidae Ozmanidae Speleoithonidae Thaumatopsyllidae (From & Davis)

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Cyclopoida is an order of small crustaceans from the subclass Copepoda. Like many other Copepods, members of Cyclopoida are small, planktonic animals living in the sea and freshwater habitat. They are capable of rapid movement. Their larval development is metamorphic. Embryos are carried in paired or single sacs attached to first abdominal somite.

Cyclopoids are distinguished from other copepods by having first antennae shorter than the length of the head and thorax, and uniramous second antennae. The main joint lies between the fourth and fifth segments of the body.^[1]

[edit] References

• Lowry, J.K. (1999 onwards). 'Crustacea, the Higher Taxa: Description, Identification, and Information Retrieval.' Version: 2 October 1999.
• ^  Martin, J. W. & Davis, G. E., 2001: An Updated Classification of the Recent Crustacea. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Science Series: Vol. #39, pp. vii-124

[edit] External links

• Cyclopoida fact sheet - Guide to the marine zooplankton of south eastern Australia
• McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology Online: Cyclopoida
• Cyclopoida pictures
• Mikko's Phylogeny Archive: Cyclopoida