Harpacticidae, Dana, 1846

Wells, J. B. J., 2007, An annotated checklist and keys to the species of Copepoda Harpacticoida (Crustacea), Zootaxa 1568 (1), pp. 1-872 : 405

Family Harpacticidae

KG 0 – characters

1. Antenna exopod

n ­ number of segments

2. P2–P4 endopod n:n:n ­ number of segments in P2, P3 and P4

3. P1 Enp­1, seta of inner edge

absent ­ no setae present

proximal ­ originates at extreme proximal end of segment

distal ­ originates in distal half of segment

4. P2–P4 Exp­3 n:n:n ­ number of setae and spines on P2, P3 and P4

5. P3–P4 endopod, distal segment n:n:n ­ number of setae on P2, P3 and P4