Porcellidiidae Boeck, 1865

Harris, Vernon A., 2014, Porcellidiidae of Australia (Harpacticoida, Copepoda). I. A Reassessment of the European Species of Porcellidium, Records of the Australian Museum 66 (2), pp. 63-110 : 65

Family Porcellidiidae Boeck, 1865

Type genus: Porcellidium Claus, 1860

Diagnosis. Antennule of adult male subchirocer, six segmented, less than half body width, segment 3 partly fused with segment 4, coupling denticles on ventral surface of segment 4; antenna exopod of one segment with six setae; large mandibular palp, anterior lobe with four bulbous setae, posterior lobe with one annulate seta and five bulbous setae, endopod with nine setae; cephalosome surrounded bY hyaline membrane (in one genus the hyaline membrane is located on the ventral surface of the cephalosome) with eight embedded border sensilla (six or seven sensilla in species where the anterior border of the cephalosome is turned ventrallY); epipleural lobe of metasome segment 3 expanded in male, reduced in female; urosome consists of 5th somite, genital double-somite, anal somite and caudal furca; furca composed of two flat plates or rami each with seven setae, setae never longer than ramus, (α and β dorsal, γ terminal, plus four terminal setae [may be reduced to three or two in some species]); strong sexual dimorphism.

Generic composition. Porcellidium Claus, 1860 ; Tectacingulum Harris, 1994 ; Murramia Harris, 1994 ; Brevifrons Harris, 1994 ; Acutiramus Harris & Robertson, 1994 ; Clavigofera Harris & Iwasaki, 1996b ; Kushia Harris & Iwasaki, 1996b ; Kensakia Harris & Iwasaki, 1997 ; Mucrorostrum Harris & Iwasaki, 1997 ; Dilatatiocauda Harris, 2002 ; Porcelloides gen. nov.