Copepoda
Acknowledgements

—Responsibilities for compilation:
Introduction: Elena Markhaseva and Janet Bradford-Grieve.
Calanoida: Elena Markhaseva (Calanidae to Mesaiokeratidae), Janet Bradford-Grieve (Arietellidae to Bathypontiidae).
Cyclopoida (Oithonidae): Carlos Rocha and Bernado do Abiahy.
Harpacticoida: Janet Bradford-Grieve.
Poecilostomatoida (Oncaeidae, Sapphirinidae, Corycaeidae): Janet Bradford-Grieve.

—We would like to thank the following persons for their assistance:
Knud Schulz (Zoological Institute and Zoological Museum of the Univerisity of Hamburg) for checking the sections Key for calanoid families and families Spinocalanidae, Tharybidae and Bathypontiidae and Rony Huys (Zoology Department, the Natural History Museum, London) checked the section on external morphology. Gayle Heron (University of Washington, Seattle) assisted with the compilation of the South Atlantic Oncaeidae fauna and checked the text. Nevertheless, any errors which occur are entirely our responsibility. We thank the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) in New Zealand for providing facilities while we combined sections and for assisting one of us (E.M.) through the NIWA Visiting Scientist Programme. This work was partly supported by contract CO1421 from the New Zealand Foundation for Research Science and Technology. Bernardo do Abiahy’s contribution was sponsored by FAPESP - Fundacao de Amparo Pesquisa do Estado De Sao Paulo, Brazil, Process Number: 96/2579-9. We are grateful to Demetrio Boltovskoy for his kind help.