Preliminary notes on a revision of the Lichomolgidae, cyclopoid copepods mainly associated with marine invertebrates

Abstract

The family Lichomolgidae Kossmann, 1877 is raised to the rank of a superfamily and subdivided into 5 families (3 of them new). Keys are provided to 76 genera belonging to the Lichomolgidoidea (32 new), which embrace 324 species. The new genera are diagnosed and of all genera the type-species is indicated.