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

Cyclopida Khodami, Mercado-Salas, Tang & Martinez Arbizu, 2019

Rank: Suborder
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Suborder group names

*Ascidicolidae*	Thorell, 1859	taxonomically included in
*Botryllophilidae*	Sars G.O., 1921	taxonomically included in
*Buproridae*	Thorell, 1859	taxonomically included in
*Cyclopidae*	Rafinesque, 1815	taxonomically included in
*Enterognathidae*	Illg & Dudley, 1980	taxonomically included in
*Enteropsidae*	Aurivillius, 1885	taxonomically included in
*Euryteidae*	Monchenko, 1974	taxonomically included in
*Fratiidae*	Ho, Conradi & López-González, 1998	taxonomically included in
*Halicyclopidae*	Kiefer, 1927	taxonomically included in
*Lernaeidae*	Cobbold, 1879	taxonomically included in; nom. nud.

Children

Ascidicolidae Thorell, 1859
Botryllophilidae Sars G.O., 1921
Buproridae Thorell, 1859
Cyclopidae Rafinesque, 1815
Enterognathidae Illg & Dudley, 1980
Enteropsidae Aurivillius, 1885
Euryteidae Monchenko, 1974
Fratiidae Ho, Conradi & López-González, 1998
Halicyclopidae Kiefer, 1927
Lernaeidae Cobbold, 1879

Literature

original description	Khodami, S., N.F. Mercado-Salas, D. Tang & P. Martinez Arbizu. (2019). Molecular evidence for the retention of the Thaumatopsyllidae in the order Cyclopoida (Copepoda) and establishment of four suborders and two families within the Cyclopoida. Molecular Phylogenetics And Evolution, 138:43-52.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Cyclopida. 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:1381344