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Nullosetigeridae

Nullosetigeridae is a family of copepods belonging to the order Calanoida. The family contains the genus Nullosetigera, which includes the species N. auctiseta, N. bidentata, N. impar, N. helgae, and N. mutata. Each mentioned species has a unique shape, which helps differentiate between them. These differences were found in the segmentation pattern of the antennula, maxillule, makilliped, and legs 4 and 5.

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Nullosetigeridae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Copepoda
Order: Calanoida
Family: Nullosetigeridae
Synonyms

Phyllopodidae

Nullosetigeridae is a family of copepods belonging to the order Calanoida.1 The family contains the genus Nullosetigera, which includes the species N. auctiseta, N. bidentata, N. impar, N. helgae, and N. mutata. Each mentioned species has a unique shape, which helps differentiate between them. These differences were found in the segmentation pattern of the antennula, maxillule, makilliped, and legs 4 and 5.23

Genera:1

  • Nullosetigera Soh, Ohtsuka, Imabayashi & Suh, 1999
References

References

  1. "Nullosetigeridae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  2. Shih, C., Chen, Q.-C., Lan, Y.-C., Hsiao, S.-H., & Weng, C.-Y. (2022). Key to the species Of Nullosetigeridae Nullosetigera occurring in the China Seas. Journal of Marine Science and Technology, 30(5). https://doi.org/10.51400/2709-6998.2646
  3. Soh, H. Y., Susumu Ohtsuka, Hiromichi Imabayashi, & Suh, H.-L. (1999). A new Deep-water calanoid copepod and the phylogeny of the genus Nullosetigera nom. nov. in the Nullosetigeridae nom. nov. (pro-Phyllopus: Phyllopodidae) from Japanese waters. Journal of Natural History, 33(11), 1581–1602. https://doi.org/10.1080/002229399299770‌