Ceratocumatidae is one of the eight most commonly recognised families of crustaceans of the order cumacea.
Anatomy
Ceratocumatidae have a small free telson. Endopods (interior branches) of the uropods are present on only one segment. Males have 5.,4 or 3 pairs of pleopods. All maxillipeds and some of the pereiopods bear exopods (outer branches). The gill apparatus has no supporting gill plates.
References
- ^ Calman, W. T., (1905). The Cumacea of the Siboga Expedition. Uitkomsten op Zoologisch, Botanisch, Oceanographisch en Geologisch Gebied 36: 1-23.
External links
Ceratocumatidae on the Cumacea world database.
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