Ectinosomatidae
Ectinosomatidae is a family of the Harpacticoida, a huge group of crustaceans belonging to the subclass Copepoda. Like most of their relatives, they are usually benthic inhabitants of marine environments. Ectinosomatidae commonly inhabit sediment and fragments of dead corals or glass sponges, and occasionally algae and bryozoans, in the deep oceans. In the epifaunal species, the first leg pair is often modified to allow the animals a better grip on the substrate.
Genera
More than 20 genera are included in the family:Arenosetella C. B. Wilson, 1932Bradya Boeck, 1872Bradyellopsis Brian, 1923Chaulionyx Kihara & Huys, 2009Ectinosoma Boeck, 1865 Ectinosomella G. O. Sars, 1910Ectinosomoides Nicholls, 1945Glabrotelson Huys in Kihara & Huys, 2009Halectinosoma Lang, 1944 Halophytophilus Brian, 1919 Hastigerella Nicholls, 1935Klieosoma Hicks & Schriever, 1985Microsetella Brady & Robertson, 1873Noodtiella Wells, 1965 Oikopus Wells, 1967Parabradya Lang, 1944Peltobradya Médioni & Soyer, 1967Pseudectinosoma Kunz, 1935Pseudobradya G. O. Sars, 1904Rangabradya Karanovic & Pesce, 2001Sigmatidium Giesbrecht, 1881Tetanopsis Brady, 1910