Speleophriidae

Speleophriidae is a family of copepods, comprising seven genera.[1] All are restricted to anchialine caves, with the exception of Archimisophria, which is found in the hyperbenthos of the depths of the Atlantic Ocean.[2] The genera are:[1]

  • Archimisophria Boxshall, 1983
  • Boxshallia Huys, 1988
  • Expansophria Boxshall & Iliffe, 1987
  • Huysia Jaume, Boxshall & Iliffe, 1998
  • Mexicophria Boxshall, Zylinski, Jaume, Iliffe & Suárez-Morales, 2014
  • Protospeleophria Jaume, Boxshall & Iliffe, 1998
  • Speleophria Boxshall & Iliffe, 1986
  • Speleophriopsis Jaume & Boxshall, 1996

Speleophriidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Copepoda
Order: Misophrioida
Family: Speleophriidae
Boxshall & Jaume, 2000

References
  1. Geoff Boxshall (2010). Walter TC, Boxshall G (eds.). "Speleophriidae". World of Copepods database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved December 3, 2011.
  2. Geoff A. Boxshall & Damià Jaume (1999). "On the origin of misophrioid copepods from anchialine caves" (PDF). Crustaceana. 72 (8): 957–963. doi:10.1163/156854099503852. hdl:10261/55911. JSTOR 20106212.


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