Podoplea

Podoplea
Cyclops sp. (Cyclopoida)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Copepoda
Infraclass: Neocopepoda
Superorder: Podoplea
Giesbrecht, 1882
Orders

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Synonyms
  • Rhabdomoplea Khodami et al., 2019

Podoplea is a superorder of copepods in the infraclass Neocopepoda that was named by Wilhelm Giesbrecht in 1882. It has a worldwide distribution, with documented appearances in the Arctic, Atlantic, Indian, Pacific, and Southern oceans.