Tegastidae
| Tegastidae | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Maxillopoda |
| Subclass: | Copepoda |
| Order: | Harpacticoida |
| Family: | Tegastidae G. O. Sars, 1904 |
Tegastidae is a family of copepods, which are characterised by having laterally compressed bodies (resembling that of an amphipod), a claw-like mandible in the nauplius stage, and by a modified male genital complex.[1] Around 60 species have been described in 6 genera. Two species of Smacigastes are found at hydrothermal vents, while the remaining species are found in shallow water, associated with algae, bryozoans and cnidarians, such as corals.[1]
An infestation of Tegastes on an acroporid
The six genera are:[2]
- Arawella Cottarelli & Baldari, 1987
- Feregastes Fiers, 1986
- Parategastes Sars, 1904
- Smacigastes Ivanenko & Defaye, 2004
- Syngastes Monard, 1924
- Tegastes Norman, 1903
References
| External identifiers for Tegastidae | |
|---|---|
| Encyclopedia of Life | 6937 |
| ITIS | 86114 |
| NCBI | 512258 |
| WoRMS | 115179 |
| Also found in: Wikispecies | |
- 1 2 Sabine Gollner, Viatcheslav N. Ivanenko & Pedro Martinez Arbizu (2008). "A new species of deep-sea Tegastidae (Crustacea: Copepoda: Harpacticoida) from 9°50´N on the East Pacific Rise, with remarks on its ecology" (PDF). Zootaxa 1866: 323–326.
- ↑ T. Chad Walter & Rony Huys (2010). T. Chad Walter & Geoff Boxshall, ed. "Tegastidae". World Copepoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved November 9, 2010.
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