Cylindropsyllidae, Sars, 1909

Wells, J. B. J., 2007, An annotated checklist and keys to the species of Copepoda Harpacticoida (Crustacea), Zootaxa 1568 (1), pp. 1-872 : 360

Family Cylindropsyllidae

KG 0 – characters

1. Caudal ramus

spur ­ dorsal side with an upwardly directed horn­like spur

simple ­ without such a structure

2. P1 Exp­2, spine at outer distal corner present or absent

3. Maxilliped

wd ­ well developed; subchelate

vest ­ vestigial or absent

4. P2–P4 Exp­3

n:n:n ­ number of setae and spines on P2, P3 and P4

mod ­ modified (see note 2)