Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Copepoda > Infraclass Progymnoplea

Platycopioida Fosshagen, in Fosshagen & Iliffe, 1985

Rank: Order
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Platycopiidae Sars G.O., 1911

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: プラティコピア目

Literature

original description	Fosshagen, A. & T.M. Iliffe. (1985). Two new genera of Calanoida and a new order of Copepoda, Platycopioida, from marine caves on Bermuda. Sarsia. 70(4): 345-358, figs. 1-8.
basis of record	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	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Platycopioida. 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:22605