Family EUCHAETIDAE Giesbrecht, 1893
Compiler and date details
15 May 2012 - Genefor Walker-Smith, Museum Victoria
30 June 2007 - Walker-Smith, G.K., Cook, K.N. & Chilton-Lahey, K.L.
- Euchaetidae Giesbrecht, 1893.
Type genus:
Euchaeta Philippi, 1843.
Introduction
Species of the family Euchaetidae are marine, planktonic, medium to large-sized calanoids. They are predatory copepods, and are essential in oceanic zooplankton communities (from epipelagic to bathypelagic). Most species inhabit deeper waters. Two genera, and 75 species are known. See Boxshall & Halsey (2004: 118) for more details as well as a key to the genera.
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 26-Jul-2012 | 26-Jul-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 30-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |