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

Monstrillidae Dana, 1849-1852

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Caromiobenella Jeon, Lee & Soh, 2018
Cymbasoma Thompson I.C., 1888
Monstrilla Dana, 1849-1852
Monstrillopsis Sars G.O., 1921

Literature

original description	Dana, J.D. (1849-1852). Conspectus crustaceorum, quae in orbis terrarum circumnavigatione, Carolo Wilkes, e classe Reipublicae foederatae duce, lexit et descripsit Jacobus D. Dana. Pars II. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 2: 9-61. [Vol. II,. from May 1848-May 1852]. no figures or plates just verbal.
basis of record	Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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: pp. 252-268
additional source	ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32.
additional source	Dias, C.O. (2002). Taxonomia e distribuição geográfica dos Monstrilloida (Copepoda -- Crustacea) do Atlântico sul ocidental. Taxonomy and geographic distribution of Monstrilloida (Copepoda -- Crustacea) from the South Occidental Atlantic. Tese de Doutorado, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 336 pp. [In Portuguese and English].
additional source	Malaquin, A. (1900). Nouvelles recherches sur l'évolution des Monstrillides. [New research on the evolution of Monstrillids.]. Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences, Paris. 130(7):427-430.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Monstrillidae Dana, 1849-1852. 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:119777