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Checklist for Family Macrochironidae Humes & Boxshall, 1996
and region Caribbean (America)


Class
 
Maxillopoda
Dahl, 1956
Maxillopods
142
429
908
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Copepoda
H. Milne-Edwards, 1840
Copepod, Copepods
110
342
744
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neocopepoda
Huys & Boxshall, 1991
110
342
744
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Podoplea
Giesbrecht, 1882
75
243
495
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Cyclopoida
Rafinesque, 1815
Cyclopoid copepods
31
100
216
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Ergasilida
Khodami, Mercado-Salas, Tang & Martinez Arbizu, 2019
23
66
139
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyMacrochironidae
Humes & Boxshall, 1996
2
3
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Caribbean
2 Genera with 3 Species
Macrochiron Brady, 19162SpeciesTaxom
Sewellochiron Humes, 19691SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Caribbean
3 Species
Macrochiron echinicolum Humes & Stock, 1973
Macrochiron sargassi Sars G.O., 1916
Sewellochiron fidens Humes, 1969


Links, sources and further information
Macrochironidae at artfakta.se
Macrochironidae at dyntaxa.se
Macrochironidae at gbif.org
Macrochironidae at irmng.org
Macrochironidae at itis.gov
Macrochironidae at marinespecies.org