Ceratocumatidae

Ceratocumatidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Superorder:	Peracarida
Order:	Cumacea
Family:	Ceratocumatidae; Calman, 1905[1]
Genera
	Ceratocuma; Cimmerius

Ceratocumatidae is a family of crustaceans of the order Cumacea. Ceratocumatidae have a small free telson. The endopods (interior branches) of the uropods are present on only one segment. Males have 5, 4 or 3 pairs of pleopods. All maxillipeds and some of the pereiopods bear exopods (outer branches). The gill apparatus has no supporting gill plates.[2]

References

W. T. Calman (1905). "The Cumacea of the Siboga Expedition". Uitkomsten op Zoologisch, Botanisch, Oceanographisch en Geologisch Gebied. 36: 1–23.
WoRMS (2010). Watling L, Gerken S (eds.). "Ceratocumatidae". World Cumacea database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved November 29, 2011.

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[1] W. T. Calman (1905). "The Cumacea of the Siboga Expedition". Uitkomsten op Zoologisch, Botanisch, Oceanographisch en Geologisch Gebied. 36: 1–23.

[2] WoRMS (2010). Watling L, Gerken S (eds.). "Ceratocumatidae". World Cumacea database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved November 29, 2011.