COPEPODA
(copepods)

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Neocopepoda
an infraclass of crustaceans
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 		Infraclass 12 subtaxa 53 images 14 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SubclassCOPEPODA (copepods)
ClassMAXILLOPODA (a class of crustaceans)
SubphylumCRUSTACEA (crustaceans)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Baird, W. 1850 *** The Natural History of the British Entomostraca ***(Superseded) Vol 17, 364pp, The Ray Society, London
() Brady, G.S. 1878 A monograph of the free and semi-parasitic Copepoda of the British Islands Vol 53, 55 & 56, 148+182+83pp, The Ray Society, London
() Conway, D.V.P. 2012 Marine Zooplankton of southern Britain. Part 2: Arachnida, Pycnogonida, Cladocera, Facetotecta, Cirripedia and Copepoda Occasional Publications, No. 25, 163pp, Marine Biological Association
Rose, M. 1933 *** Copépodes Pélagiques ***(Superseded) Faune de France, Faune No 26, 374pp, Fédération Française des Sociétés de Science Naturel
() Sars, G.O. 1921 *** An account of the crustacea of Norway - Copepoda-Monstrilloida & Notodelphyoida ***(Superseded) An account of the crustacea of Norway, Vol 8, 91+37 platespp, Bergen Museum
() Sars, G.O. 1919 *** An account of the crustacea of Norway - Copepoda-supplement ***(Superseded) An account of the crustacea of Norway, Vol 7, 127+76pp, Bergen Museum
Scott, T. & A. 1913 *** The British Parasitic Copepoda ***(Superseded) Vols 95 & 96, Vol 1: 252pp, The Ray Society, London

Freshwater

Gledhill, T. & Wallace, I. 2010 Module 9: advanced identification of miscellaneous taxa including Crustacea https://www.fba.org.uk/identification-freshwater-invertebrates-species-level-distance-learning-course

Juvenile Stages

Conway, D.V.P. 2006 Identification of copepodite developmental stages of twenty-six North Atlantic copepods Occasional Publications, No. 21, 29pp, Marine Biological Association

Marine

() Hayward, P.J. & Ryland, J.S. (eds) 1996 Handbook of the Marine Fauna of North-West Europe reprint with minor corrections edition, 800pp, Oxford University Press

Marine/Plankton

() Newell, G.E. & Newell, R.C. 1973 Marine Plankton - a practical guide 4th edition edition, 244pp, Hutchinson Educational Ltd.

Parasites/Fish

Kabata, Z. 2003 Copepods Parasitic on Fishes (revised) Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series), 47, The Linnean Society of London
Kabata, Z. 1992 *** Copepods Parasitic on Fishes ***(Superseded) Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series), 47, The Linnean Society of London

Parasites

Gotto, V. 2004 Commensal and parasitic copepods associated with marine invertebrates (and whales) (2nd ed) Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series), 46, 2nd edition edition, Field Studies Council
Gotto, V. 1993 *** Commensal and parasitic copepods associated with marine invertebrates (and whales) ***(Superseded) Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series), 46, Field Studies Council

Parasitic

Kabata, Z. 1979 *** Parasitic Copepoda of British Fishes ***(Superseded) Vol 152, The Ray Society, London

COPEPODA (copepods) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for COPEPODA (copepods)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 17 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for COPEPODA (copepods)
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