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Darcythompsoniidae
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Darcythompsoniidae

Darcythompsoniidae is a family of copepods, containing four genera. Members of the family have a very wide distribution throughout the tropics, where they live in rotting mangrove leaves. They lack egg sacs and are thought to lay their eggs directly into the leaf litter.

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2 branches of this family, most-observed first

Leptocaris

genusLeptocaris

Darcythompsonia

genusDarcythompsonia

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 85727.