tantulocarida

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:	Eukaryota
:	Animalia
:	Metazoa
:	Arthropoda
:	Crustacea
:	Maxillopoda
:	Tantulocarida	}

Tantulocarida is a small subclass of the class Maxillopoda (ostracods, copepods, barnacles) that consists of about 1200 species. They are typically ectoparasites that infest deep-sea copepods, isopods, tanaids, and ostracods. Members of this subclass are minute - less than 0.01 inch (0.3 mm) in length - and have a dramatic reduction in body form compared to other crustaceans, with an unsegmented sac-like thorax and a much reduced abdomen. Tantulocarida contains of five taxonomic families (not all species are listed!):

Basipodellidae

Basipodella atlantica

Stygotantulus stocki (world smallest crustacean)

Deoterthridae

Amphitantulus harpinacheres

Boreotantulus kunzi

Cumoniscus kruppi

Deoterthron aselloticola

Dicrotrichura tricincta

Tantulacus hoegi

Doryphallophoridae

Doryphallophora harrisoni