Platycopioida ( Order )
Platycopiidae Sars, 1911
Ref.: Sars, 1911 a (p.14 ); Rose, 1933 a (p.165); Lang, 1948 (p.24); Fosshagen, 1972 (p.51); Andronov, 1974 a (p.1005, 1009); 1985 (p.1738); Bowman & Abele, 1982 (p.10); Razouls, 1982 (p.49); Fosshagen & Iliffe, 1985 (p.353, Rev.); 1988 (p.358, Rev.); Huys & Boxshall, 1991 (p.376, 384, 402, 419); Razouls, 1993 (p.306); Boxshall & Halsey, 2004 (p.11; 46: Def.; p.48: Clé des Genres)
Rem.: 4 G.: Antrisocopia, Nanocopia, Platycopia, Sarsicopia.
(1) Antrisocopia Fosshagen, 1985
Ref.: Fosshagen & Iliffe, 1985 (p.353); Huys & Boxshall, 1991 (p.34, 39, 338, 460, Rem.); Razouls, 1993 (p.306); Ohtsuka & Boxshall, 1994 (p.165); Mauchline, 1998 (p.76: F, M); Boxshall & Halsey, 2004 (p.48)
Rem.: 1 sp.
(2) Nanocopia Fosshagen, 1988
Ref.: Fosshagen & Iliffe, 1988 (p.358); Huys & Boxshall, 1991 (p.33, 338, 465, Rem.); Razouls, 1993 (p.306); Ohtsuka & Boxshall, 1994 (p.166); Mauchline, 1998 (p.93: F, M); Boxshall & Halsey, 2004 (p.48)
Rem.: For Fosshagen & Iliffe (1988, p.361) in view of the sexual characters, very similar mouthparts, and the advanced character state of the swimming legs, this genus and Platycopia seem to be more closely related to each other than to Antrisocopia. The robust and compressed shape of Nanocopia suggests a benthic habitat; it is probable that the animal occupy small crevices in the porous and fissured rock and only occasionally enter the more open water of cave
(3) Platycopia Sars, 1911
Syn.: Arenocalanus C. B. Wilson,1935
Ref.: Sars, 1911 (p.3, 14); 1919 (1921) (p.10, Rem.); Rose, 1933 a (p.165); M.S. Wilson, 1946 (p.3, Rev., clé spp.); Fosshagen, 1972 (p.51); Andronov, 1974 a (p.1002, 1009); Razouls, 1982 (p.49); Huys & Boxshall, 1991 (p.33, 34, 329, 331, 338, 356, 406, 466); Razouls, 1993 (p.306); Ohtsuka & Boxshall, 1994 (p.166); Mauchline, 1998 (p.76: F, M); Boxshall & Halsey, 2004 (p.48)
Rem.: type: Platycopia perplexa . 10 spp.
Remarks on dimensions and sex ratio:
The mean female size is 0,709 mm (n= 7; S= 0,142; Cv= 0,20) and the mean male size is 0,636 mm (n= 7; S= 0,135; Cv= 0,212). The size ratio (M/F) is 0,896 ou 89,6 % (n= 6; S= 0,053; Cv= 0,059)
(4) Sarsicopia Martinez Arbizu, 1997
Ref.: Martinez Arbizu, 1997 (p.36); Boxshall & Halsey, 2004 (p.48)
Rem.: 1 sp.

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