Ectinosomatidae is a family of the Harpacticoida, a huge group of crustaceans belonging to the subclass Copepoda. Like most of their relatives, they are usually benthic inhabitants of marine environments. Ectinosomatidae commonly inhabit sediment and fragments of dead corals or glass sponges, and occasionally algae and bryozoans, in the deep oceans. In the epifaunal species, the first leg pair is often modified to allow the animals a better grip on the substrate.
Genera
More than 20 genera are included in the family:
Arenosetella C. B. Wilson, 1932
Bradya Boeck, 1872
Bradyellopsis Brian, 1923
Chaulionyx Kihara & Huys, 2009
Ectinosoma Boeck, 1865 (including Helectinsoma) Ectinosomella G. O. Sars, 1910 Ectinosomoides Nicholls, 1945 Glabrotelson Huys in Kihara & Huys, 2009 Halectinosoma Lang, 1944 (including Pararenosetella) Halophytophilus Brian, 1919 (including Alophytophilus) Hastigerella Nicholls, 1935 Klieosoma Hicks & Schriever, 1985 Microsetella Brady & Robertson, 1873 Noodtiella Wells, 1965 (including Lineosoma) Oikopus Wells, 1967 Parabradya Lang, 1944 Peltobradya Médioni & Soyer, 1967 Pseudectinosoma Kunz, 1935 Pseudobradya G. O. Sars, 1904 Rangabradya Karanovic & Pesce, 2001 Sigmatidium Giesbrecht, 1881 Tetanopsis Brady, 1910