Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Podoplea > Order Harpacticoida

Darcythompsoniidae Lang, 1936

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Darcythompsonia Scott T., 1906
Leptocaris T. Scott, 1899

Literature

original description	Lang, K. (1936). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Harpacticiden. 5. Bemerkungen über die Sektion Agnatha Monard, nebst Aufstellung der neuen Familie D'Arcythompsoniidae. [Contributions to the knowledge of the Harpacticidae. 5. Remarks on the section Agnatha Monard, together with the establishment of the new family D'Arcythompsoniidae.]. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 114(3-4):65-68, figs. 1-7. (15-iv-1936).
basis of record	Huys, R. (2001). Copepoda - Harpacticoida. In: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds.) European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50:268-280.
additional source	Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA). 124 pp.
additional source	Lang, K. (1965). Copepoda Harpacticoida from the Californian Pacific coast. Kungliga Svenska Vetensk-Akademiens Handlingar, Fjarde Serien. Almquist & Wiksell, Stockholm. 10(2):1-560, figs. 1-303, pls. 1-6.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Darcythompsoniidae Lang, 1936. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:115149

Dr. Geoffrey Boxshall. Darcythompsoniidae Lang, 1936. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/1f44db7a-286a-4bda-a339-3c87c91fb867