Family DEROCHEILOCARIDIDAE Pennak & Zinn, 1943
Compiler and date details
31 May 2009 - Gary C. B. Poore & Geoff A. Boxshall
Introduction
The family Derocheilocarididae comprises about a dozen species, most in the genus Derocheilocaris, distributed mainly on the coasts of the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea (Schram 1986; Boxshall & Defaye 1996). One Australian species is known (Bartsch 1993).
General References
Bartsch, I. 1993. Ctenocheilocaris enochra, a new mystacocarid (Crustacea) from Western Australia. pp. 105-111 in Wells, F.E., Walker, D.I., Kirkman, H. & Lethbridge, R. (eds). Proceedings of the Fifth International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Rottnest Island, Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 2 vols 634 pp.
Boxshall, G.A. & Defaye, D. 1996. Classe des Mystacocarides (Mystacocarida Pennak et Zinn, 1943). pp. 409-424 in Forest, J. (ed.). Traité de Zoologie. Anatomie, Systématique, Biologie. Publié sous la direction de Pierre-P. Grassé. Tome VII. Crustacés. Fascicule 2. Généralités (suite) et systématique (Céphalocarides à Syncarides). Paris : Masson éditeur 1002 pp.
Pennak, R. & Zinn, D.J. 1943. Mystacocarida, new order of Crustacea from internal beaches in Massachussetts and Connecticut. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 103: 1-11
Schram, F.R. 1986. Crustacea. London, New York : Oxford University Press 606 pp.
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |