Novocriniidae, Huys & Iliffe, 1998

Wells, J. B. J., 2007, An annotated checklist and keys to the species of Copepoda Harpacticoida (Crustacea), Zootaxa 1568 (1), pp. 1-872 : 576

Family Novocriniidae

KG 0 – characters

1. P1 bearing somite

fused ­ fused to cephalosome and cephalic shield

covered ­ covered by cephalic shield but not fused to it

2. P1 Enp­1, inner edge n ­ number of setae

3. P1 Enp­3 n ­ number of setae and spines

4. Female P5

distinct ­ exopod articulated with basis

fused ­ exopod fused to basis

5. Male P5, endopod n ­ number of setae and spines