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Table 3 The higher taxa and number of species of marine crustaceans that have been collected in light traps

From: Light traps for sampling marine biodiversity

Class or order

Number of species

References

Amphipoda

27

Zismann [94], Jones [46], Fincham [55], Smith et al. [90], Tranter et al. [93], Kawaguchi et al. [33], Holmes and Jeal [82], Meekan et al. [36, 38], Carleton et al. [75], Granek and Frasier [32], Mwaluma et al. [40], Michel et al. [43], Tor et al. [92], Kim et al. [85], Sigurdsson et al. [89], Costello et al. [41]

Cumacea

24

Hale [50, 80], Zismann [94], Fincham [55], Smith et al. [90], Tranter et al. [93], Kawaguchi et al. [33], Carleton et al. [75], Meekan et al. [36], Granek and Frasier [32], Tor et al. [92], Costello et al. [41]

Decapoda

17

Zismann [94], Jones [46], Fincham [55], Smith et al. [90], Tranter et al. [93], Meekan et al. [38], Carleton et al. [75], Roegner et al. [30], Granek and Frasier [32], Øresland [34], Herter and Eckert [81], Porter et al. [87], Mwaluma et al. [40], Tor et al. [92], Sigurdsson et al. [89], Costello et al. [41]

Euphausiacea

5

Jones [46], Fincham [55], Kawaguchi et al. [33], Meekan et al. [36, 38], Carleton et al. [75], Granek and Frasier [32], Tor et al. [92], Sigurdsson et al. [89], Costello et al. [41]

Isopoda

2

Zismann [94], Jones [46], Fincham [55], Tranter et al. [93], Kawaguchi et al. [33], Holmes and Jeal [82], Meekan et al. [36, 38], Carleton et al. [75], Granek and Frasier [32], Tor et al. [92], Sigurdsson et al. [89], Costello et al. [41]

Leptostraca

1

Tor et al. [92]

Mysida

4

Zismann [94], Jones [46], Fincham [55], Smith et al. [90], Kawaguchi et al. [33], Meekan et al. [36, 38], Carleton et al. [75], Granek and Frasier [32], Tor et al. [92], Sigurdsson et al. [89], Costello et al. [41]

Stomatopoda

To phylum only

Zismann [94], Fincham [55], Meekan et al. [38], Carleton et al. [75], Granek and Frasier [32], Mwaluma et al. [40], Tor et al. [92], Costello et al. [41]

Tanaidacea

To phylum only

Zismann [94], Kawaguchi et al. [33], Granek and Frasier [32], Tor et al. [92], Costello et al. [41]

Calanoida Copepoda

29

Jones [46], Smith et al. [90], Tranter et al. [93], Kawaguchi et al. [33], Holmes and Jeal [82], Carleton et al. [75], Hovda and Fosshagen [54], Tor et al. [92], Costello et al. [41]

Other Copepoda

15

Smith et al. [90], Tranter et al. [93], Gotto et al. [78], Kawaguchi et al. [33], Holmes and Jeal [82], Song and Yun [91], Carleton et al. [75], Hovda and Fosshagen [54], Tor et al. [92], Chang [76], Costello et al. [41]

Cirripedia

1

Jones [46], Carleton et al. [75], Granek and Frasier [32], Costello et al. [41]

Ostracoda

4

Zismann [94], Fincham [55], Smith et al. [90], Tranter et al. [93], Holmes and Jeal [82], Carleton et al. [75], Granek and Frasier [32], Mwaluma et al. [40], Tor et al. [92], Costello et al. [41]