Family Canthocamptidae Sars G.O., 1906 accepted as Canthocamptidae Brady, 1880(This is widely used but the authority is incorrect. Sars (1906) upgraded the subfamily Canthocamptinae Brady, 1880 to family level, but in accordance to Art 36 of the ICZN (1999), the authorship must remain with Brady.)
Sars, G.O. (1903). Copepoda Harpacticoida. Parts I & II, Misophriidae, Longipediidae, Cerviniidae, Ectinosomidae (part). <em>An Account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. Bergen Museum.</em> 5:1-28, pls. 1-16. (look up in IMIS) [details]
WoRMS (2025). Harpacticoida. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1102 on 2025-07-14
original descriptionSars, G.O. (1903). Copepoda Harpacticoida. Parts I & II, Misophriidae, Longipediidae, Cerviniidae, Ectinosomidae (part). <em>An Account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. Bergen Museum.</em> 5:1-28, pls. 1-16. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of recordBrusca, R.C.; Brusca, G.J. (1990). Invertebrates. Sinauer Associates: Sunderland, MA (USA). ISBN 0-87893-098-1. 922 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy sourceKhodami, S., J.V. McArthur, L. Blanco-Bercial & P. Martínez Arbizu. (2017). Molecular phylogeny and revision of copepod Orders (Crustacea: Copepoda). <em>Scientific Reports.</em> 7(1):1-11., available online athttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-06656-4[details] Available for editors [request]
Other
additional sourceMartin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. <em>Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA).</em> 124 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional sourceDamian-Georgescu, A. (1970). Copepoda Harpacticoida (forme de apa dulce). Fauna Republicii Socialiste Romania, Crustacea 4(11): 1-252, figs. 1-114. (14-vii-1970). page(s): 49-51 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional sourceSeifried, S. (2003). Phylogeny of Harpacticoida (Copepoda): Revision of 'Maxillipedasphalea' and Exanechentera. <em>Cuvillier Verlag, Göttingen Germany Ph.D. thesis from 2002.</em> :1-259.[details] Available for editors [request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality