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

Rataniidae Giesbrecht, 1897

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Family group names

*Rataniinae*	Giesbrecht, 1897	synonym

Children

Ratania Giesbrecht, 1893

Literature

original description	Giesbrecht, W. (1897). System der Ascomyzontiden, einer semiparasitischen Copepoden-Familie. [System of Ascomyzontidae, a semiparasitic copepod family.]. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 20(521):9-14; (522)17-24. (11-i-1897; 25-i-1897).
basis of record	Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 252-268
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). 124 pp.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Rataniidae Giesbrecht, 1897. 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:135535