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Harpacticoida
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  Name Harpacticoida
  Regnum Animal ia
  Phylum Arthropod a
  Subphylum Crustacea
  Classis Maxillopoda
  Subclassis Copepoda
  Ordo '''Harpacticoida'''
  Ordo Authority G O Sars , 1903
  Subdivision Ranks Families


Harpacticoida is an Order of the Subclass Copepoda , in the Crustacea Subphylum . This orders comprises 463 Genera and about 3000 Species . Members of it are Benthic Copepod s found throughout the world in the marine environment (most families) and in freshwater (essentially the Ameiridae , Parastenocarididae and the Canthocamptidae ). A few of them are Planktonic or live in association with other Organism s. '''Harpacticoids''' represent the second-largest Meiofaunal group in marine Sediment milieu, after the Nematode s.