Copepoda

Copepods are maxillopodan crustaceans. Currently, there are 10 orders of copepods (Huys & Boxshall 1991).

Taxonomy

Phylogeny of Copepods

Representation of the copepod phylogeny (Huys & Boxshall 1991) in the New Hampshire format (Felsenstein 1995): ((((((Siphonostomatoida,Monstrilloida)Poecilostomatoida)Harpacticoida)
Mormonilloida)((Cyclopoida,Gelyelloida)Misophrioida))Calanoida)Platycopioida)


Figure 1. Phylogeny of copepods (Rectangular cladogram). This figure was prepared by the program DRAWGRAM in PHYLIP v. 3.57c (Felsenstein 1995) and Treeview v. 0.96 (Page 1995). Modified from Huys and Boxshall (1991).


Figure 2. Phylogeny of copepods (Radial tree). This figure was prepared by the program DRAWTREE in PHYLIP v. 3.57c (Felsenstein 1995) and Treeview v. 0.96 (Page 1995). Modified from Huys and Boxshall (1991).

References
Felsenstein, J. (1995). PHYLIP (Phylogeny Inference Package) Version 3.57c. University of Washington.
Huys, R. & Boxshall, G.A. (1991). Copepod Evolution. The Ray Society, London.
Page, F. (1995). Treeview for Windows v. 0.96. University of Glascow.

News and Meetings

Copepodologists communicate through the copepod newsletter Monoculus and they hold a meeting every three years. Next meeting (the Seventh International Conference on Copepoda) is in Curitiba, Brazil, 1999. Information considering registration, submision of abstracts, travel instructions and other related matters will be available soon.

Other Copepod WWW Sites

Groundwater Copepods from Italy: An informative site on the groundwater harpacticoid, cyclopoid and calanoid copepods of Italy.
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Created: 6 January 1996
Updated: 11 August 1999