Canthocamptidae is a familyofcopepods. Most of the 700 species are confined to fresh water, although there are also marine species.[2] It contains the following genera:[3]
| Canthocamptidae
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| Stygepactophanes jurassicus (700 ×) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Copepoda |
| Order: | Harpacticoida |
| Family: | Canthocamptidae G. O. Sars, 1906 [1] |
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Indeterminate fossils likely members of the family are known from the late Carboniferous of Oman, which were found in a clast of bitumen from a diamictite that had likely seeped up through a subglacial lake.[4]
Data related to Canthocamptidae at Wikispecies
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