Tegastidae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Copepoda
Order: Harpacticoida
Family: Tegastidae
G. O. Sars, 1904

Tegastidae is a family of copepods, which are characterised by having laterally compressed bodies (resembling that of an amphipod), a claw-like mandible in the nauplius stage, and by a modified male genital complex.[1] 85 species have been described in 6 genera. Two species of Smacigastes are found at hydrothermal vents, while the remaining species are found in shallow water, associated with algae, bryozoans and cnidarians, such as corals.[1]

An infestation of Tegastes on an acroporid

The six genera are:[2]

  • Arawella Cottarelli & Baldari, 1987
  • Feregastes Fiers, 1986
  • Parategastes Sars, 1904
  • Smacigastes Ivanenko & Defaye, 2004
  • Syngastes Monard, 1924
  • Tegastes Norman, 1903

References

  1. 1 2 Sabine Gollner, Viatcheslav N. Ivanenko & Pedro Martinez Arbizu (2008). "A new species of deep-sea Tegastidae (Crustacea: Copepoda: Harpacticoida) from 9°50´N on the East Pacific Rise, with remarks on its ecology" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1866: 323–326.
  2. ↑ T. Chad Walter & Rony Huys (2010). T. Chad Walter & Geoff Boxshall (ed.). "Tegastidae". World Copepoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved November 9, 2010.


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