Polycopidae Sars 1866
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.1565.1.1 |
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Polycopidae Sars 1866 |
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Family Polycopidae Sars 1866 View in CoL
Composition. The Polycopidae comprise the subfamilies Polycopinae Sars 1866 , and Polycopsisinae Chavtur 1983 .
Distribution. Worldwide, marine, in shallow and abyssal depths. One species of Polycopsisinae ( Metapolycope duplex Kornicker & Iliffe 1989b ) is widespread in Bermudan caves. Many species of Polycopidae have been reported in anchialine caves or blue holes ( Table 12).
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