Platycopiidae

Platycopiidae is a family of copepods. Until the description of Nanocopia in 1988, it contained the single genus Platycopia. It now contains four genera, three of which are monotypic; the exception is Platycopia, with 8 species.

Platycopiidae
Platycopia perplexa
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Copepoda
Infraclass: Progymnoplea
Lang, 1948
Order: Platycopioida
Fosshagen, 1985
Family: Platycopiidae
G. O. Sars, 1911
Genera
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