Mormonillidae Explained

Mormonillidae is a family of planktonic marine copepods, the only member of the order Mormonilloida. There are five known species in two genera:^[1]

• Mormonilla Giesbrecht, 1891

• Mormonilla atlantica Wolfenden, 1905

• Mormonilla phasma Giesbrecht, 1891
• Neomormonilla Ivanenko & Defaye, 2006

• Neomormonilla extremata Ivanenko & Defaye, 2006

• Neomormonilla minor (Giesbrecht, 1891)

• Neomormonilla polaris (G. O. Sars, 1900)

Notes and References

1. Geoff Boxshall . 2013 . Mormonillidae Giesbrecht, 1893 . Copepods . 119815 . May 28, 2013.