Mormonillidae

Mormonillidae is a family of planktonic marine copepods, the only member of the order Mormonilloida. There are five known species in two genera:

  • Mormonilla Giesbrecht, 1891
  • Mormonilla atlantica Wolfenden, 1905
  • Mormonilla phasma Giesbrecht, 1891
  • Neomormonilla Ivanenko & Defaye, 2006
  • Neomormonilla extremata Ivanenko & Defaye, 2006
  • Neomormonilla minor (Giesbrecht, 1891)
  • Neomormonilla polaris (G. O. Sars, 1900)

Mormonillidae
Mormonilla phasma
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Copepoda
Order: Mormonilloida
Boxshall, 1979
Family: Mormonillidae
Giesbrecht, 1893
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