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

Dirivultidae Humes & Dojiri, 1981

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Aphotopontius Humes, 1987
Stygiopontius Humes, 1987

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: レンゴククダクチミジンコ科

Literature

original description	Humes, A.G. & M. Dojiri. (1981). A new siphonostome family (Copepoda) associated with a vestimentiferan in deep water off California. Pacific Science 34(2):143-151, figs. 1-5, tab. 1. (30-iv-1981) (issue says 1980)
additional source	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	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	Humes, A.G. (1999). Copepoda (Siphonostomatoida) from Pacific hydrothermal vents and cold seeps, including Dirivultus spinigulatus sp. nov. in Papua New Guinea. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 79(6):1053-1060.
additional source	Ivanenko, V.N. & D. Defaye. (2006). Copepoda. In: Desbryeres, D., M. Segonzac & M. Bright (eds.). Handbook of Deep-sea Hydrothermal Vent Fauna. Second Edition, Denisia 18:316-355.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Dirivultidae Humes & Dojiri, 1981. 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:135519