Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Peracarida

Cumacea Krøyer, 1846

Rank: Order
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Bodotriidae T. scott, 1901
Ceratocumatidae Calman, 1905
Diastylidae Bate, 1856
Lampropidae Sars, 1878
Leuconidae Sars, 1878
Nannastacidae Bate, 1866
Pseudocumatidae Sars, 1878

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Dutch: tonkreeftjes; zeekomma's
 English: cumaceans; hooded shrimps sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 English-United States: cumaceans sources: Charles Hussey
 Swedish: kommakräftor

Literature

basis of record

Brusca, R.C.; Brusca, G.J. (1990). Invertebrates. Sinauer Associates: Sunderland, MA (USA). ISBN 0-87893-098-1. 922 pp.

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). vii, 123 pp.

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Citation

WoRMS (2014). Cumacea. In: Watling, L.; Gerken, S. (2014) World Cumacea database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1137

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine

Importance

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