Leptopontiidae, Lang, 1948

Wells, J. B. J., 2007, An annotated checklist and keys to the species of Copepoda Harpacticoida (Crustacea), Zootaxa 1568 (1), pp. 1-872 : 485

Family Leptopontiidae

KG 0 – characters

1. P1

n:n ­ number of segments in exopod and endopod

2. P2 and P4 endopod n:n ­ number of segments in P2 and P4

3. P5

distinct ­ exopod distinct from basis; endopod small but recognisable

fused ­ P5 a single structure, often without exopod and endopod portions

4. P2–P4 Exp­3 n:n:n ­ number of setae and spines in P2, P3 and P4