Darcythompsoniidae

Darcythompsoniidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Hexanauplia
Subclass:	Copepoda
Order:	Harpacticoida
Family:	Darcythompsoniidae; Lang, 1936
Genera
	Darcythompsonia T. Scott, 1906; Kristensenia Por, 1983; Leptocaris T. Scott, 1899; Pabellonia Gómez, 2000;

Darcythompsoniidae is a family of copepods, containing four genera.[1] Members of the family have a very wide distribution throughout the tropics, where they live in rotting mangrove leaves.[2][3] They lack egg sacs and are thought to lay their eggs directly into the leaf litter.[4]

Darcythompsonia and Kristensenia are both large-bodied, while Leptocaris species are much smaller.[2]

References

Rony Huys (2011). Walter TC, Boxshall G (eds.). "Darcythompsoniidae". World of Copepods database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved January 9, 2012.
F. D. Por (1983). "Mangrove swamp-inhabiting Harpacticoida of the family Darcythompsoniidae Lang". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 3 (1): 141–153. doi:10.2307/1547859. JSTOR 1547859.
S. Gómez (2000). "A new genus, a new species, and a new record of the family Darcythompsoniidae Lang, 1936 (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) from the Gulf of California, Mexico". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 129 (4): 515–536. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2000.tb00615.x.
J. Michael Gee & Paul J. Somerfield (1007). "Do mangrove diversity and leaf litter decay promote meiofaunal diversity?". Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 218 (1): 13–33. doi:10.1016/S0022-0981(97)00065-8.

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[1] Rony Huys (2011). Walter TC, Boxshall G (eds.). "Darcythompsoniidae". World of Copepods database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved January 9, 2012.

[Por-2] F. D. Por (1983). "Mangrove swamp-inhabiting Harpacticoida of the family Darcythompsoniidae Lang". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 3 (1): 141–153. doi:10.2307/1547859. JSTOR 1547859.

[3] S. Gómez (2000). "A new genus, a new species, and a new record of the family Darcythompsoniidae Lang, 1936 (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) from the Gulf of California, Mexico". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 129 (4): 515–536. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2000.tb00615.x.

[4] J. Michael Gee & Paul J. Somerfield (1007). "Do mangrove diversity and leaf litter decay promote meiofaunal diversity?". Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 218 (1): 13–33. doi:10.1016/S0022-0981(97)00065-8.