Oncaeidae
Encyclopedia
Oncaeidae is a family
of copepod
s, containing the following genera:
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
of copepod
Copepod
Copepods are a group of small crustaceans found in the sea and nearly every freshwater habitat. Some species are planktonic , some are benthic , and some continental species may live in limno-terrestrial habitats and other wet terrestrial places, such as swamps, under leaf fall in wet forests,...
s, containing the following genera:
- Archioncaea Böttger-Schnack & Huys, 1997
- Conaea Giesbrecht, 1891
- Epicalymma Heron, 1977
- Monothula Böttger-Schnack & Huys, 2001
- OncaeaOncaeaOncaea is a genus of copepods, containing the following species:*Oncaea africana Shmeleva, 1979*Oncaea alboranica Shmeleva, 1979*Oncaea atlantica Shmeleva, 1967*Oncaea bispinosa Böttger-Schnack, 2002*Oncaea bowmani Heron, 1977...
Philippi, 1843 - Spinoncaea Böttger-Schnack, 2003
- Triconia Böttger-Schnack, 1999