Description

Diagnosis: Meso- or endoparasites of zoanthids. Univalved, enlarged, often coiled carapace in females; dwarf males bivalved. Antennules with reduced segmentation; claw rudimentary or absent in females. Oral cone developed. Cypridiform males with generalized antennules and oral cone. Four to six uniramous thoracopods with short, spine-like setae in females; six pairs in males, some biramous. Abdomen four-segmented. Penis uniramous in both sexes (i. e. penis vestigial in females); often long in males. Telson and furcal rami usually with spines and dense ctenoid scales. Furcal rami with up to four terminal setae.

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Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Maxillopoda

Order: Laurida

Family: Lauridae

Species: Lauridae