Monstrillidae
| Monstrillidae | |
|---|---|
| Monstrilla longiremis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Copepoda |
| Infraclass: | Neocopepoda |
| Superorder: | Podoplea |
| Order: | Monstrilloida G. O. Sars, 1901 |
| Family: | Monstrillidae Dana, 1849 |
Monstrilloida is an order of copepods with a cosmopolitan distribution in the world's oceans. The order contains a single family, Monstrillidae. The name of the first ever described genus Monstrilla is derived from Latin, meaning "tiny monster", because the lack of usual diagnostic features of copepods puzzled early taxonomists.