WoRMS taxon details
Cumoniscidae Nierstrasz & Brender à Brandis, 1923
1063847 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1063847)
accepted
Family
Deoterthridae Boxshall & Lincoln, 1987 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Genus Amphitantulus Boxshall & Vader, 1993
- Genus Aphotocentor Huys, 1991
- Genus Arcticotantulus Kornev, Tchesunov & Rybnikov, 2004
- Genus Boreotantulus Huys & Boxshall, 1988
- Genus Campyloxiphos Huys, 1991
- Genus Coralliotantulus Huys, 1991
- Genus Cumoniscus Bonnier, 1903
- Genus Deoterthron Bradford & Hewitt, 1980
- Genus Dicrotrichura Huys, 1989
- Genus Itoitantulus Huys, Ohtsuka, Boxshall & Itô, 1992
- Genus Tantulacus Huys, Andersen & Kristensen, 1992
- Genus Australotantulus Boxshall, 1988 accepted as Deoterthron Bradford & Hewitt, 1980 (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Nierstrasz, H. F.; Brender à Brandis, G. A. (1930). Three new genera and five new species of parasitic Crustacea. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 77(2832):1-9, figs. 1-20. (8-iv-1930). [details] Available for editors
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Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Cumoniscidae Nierstrasz & Brender à Brandis, 1923. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1063847 on 2025-04-30
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Nomenclature
original description
Nierstrasz, H. F.; Brender à Brandis, G. A. (1930). Three new genera and five new species of parasitic Crustacea. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 77(2832):1-9, figs. 1-20. (8-iv-1930). [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Deoterthridae Boxshall & Lincoln, 1987) Boxshall, G.A. & R.J. Lincoln. (1987). The life cycle of the Tantulocarida (Crustacea). <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B, Biological Sciences.</em> 315: 267-303. [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Deoterthridae Boxshall & Lincoln, 1987) Boxshall, G.A. & R.J. Lincoln. (1987). The life cycle of the Tantulocarida (Crustacea). <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B, Biological Sciences.</em> 315: 267-303. [details] Available for editors

Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Boyko, C.B. & G.A. Boxshall. (2018). Recognition of Cumoniscidae Nierstrasz & Brender à Brandis, 1923, as the senior subjective synonym of Deoterthridae Boxshall & Lincoln, 1987 (Crustacea: Tantulocarida). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 131(1): 61-64., available online at https://doi.org/10.2988/17-00029 [details] Available for editors
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