Tortanidae

{{short description|Family of crustaceans}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Tortanidae

| authority = Sars G.O., 1902

| subdivision_ranks = Genus

| subdivision = Tortanus

}}

Tortanidae is a family of copepods within the order Calanoida. {{BioRef|WoRMS|title=Tortanidae Sars G.O., 1902 |id=157682 |db=copepod|access-date=21 January 2023}}{{cite web |title=Browse taxonomic tree |website=Catalogue of Life |url=http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/browse/tree/id/73ff76c07838590b2977330e1c14effd |access-date=August 27, 2017}}{{Cite web|url=http://copepodes.obs-banyuls.fr/en/fichefam.php?fam=64|title=Tortanidae Family - Marine Planktonic Copepods|last1=Desreumaux|first1=C.|last2=Razouls|first2=F.|date=|website=copepodes.obs-banyuls.fr|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2017-08-27|last3=de Bovée|first3=N.}} The tropicus group of this species can be found in the tropical and subtropical waters of Southeast Asia. The groups are distinguishable by their genitals and their tails.