Darcythompsoniidae, Lang, 1936

Wells, J. B. J., 2007, An annotated checklist and keys to the species of Copepoda Harpacticoida (Crustacea), Zootaxa 1568 (1), pp. 1-872 : 378

Family Darcythompsoniidae

KG 0 – characters

1. Antenna exopod

n:n ­ number of segments and setae

absent ­ exopod absent

2. P5

n:n ­ number of setae in female and male

a ­ P5 absent

uk ­ male or female unknown

3. P1–P4 Enp­1, inner edge

n:n:n:n ­ number of setae on P1, P2, P3 and P4

na ­ not applicable (endopod only 1 segment)

4. P1–P4 endopod, distal (or only) segment n:n:n:n ­ number of setae and/or spines on P1, P2, P3 and P4

5. P1–P4 Exp­3 n:n:n:n ­ number of setae and/or spines on P1, P2, P3 and P4