Paralubbockia
| Paralubbockia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Copepoda |
| Order: | Cyclopoida |
| Suborder: | Ergasilida |
| Family: | Boxshall & Huys, 1989 |
| Genus: | Boxshall, 1977 |
| Species: | P. longipedia
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| Binomial name | |
| Paralubbockia longipedia Boxshall, 1977
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Paralubbockia longipedia is a species of copepod, and the only member of the family Paralubbockiidae. The family is characterised by the ventral position of the fifth legs, the possession of a separate maxillary palp, and the form of the endopods of the legs and antennae. The closest relatives of Paralubbockia are the family Oncaeidae.[1] Initially placed among the Poecilostomatoida, Paralubbockia is now considered part of the Cyclopoida.[2]
References
- ^ Geoff Boxshall & Rony Huys (1989). "New family of deep-sea planktonic copepods, the Paralubbockiidae (Copepoda: Poecilostomatoida)". Biological Oceanography. 6 (2): 163–173.
- ^ T. Chad Walter (2010). T. Chad Walter & Geoff Boxshall (ed.). "Paralubbockiidae". World Copepoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved May 20, 2011.