Longipedia is a genus of marine copepods of the family Longipediidae, order Canuelloida.

[2] The Longipediidae generally are long and missile shaped, with segmented bodies covered by hard chitin.

[2]  Recent genetic analysis has reclassified that section as a separate order, the Canuelloida.

[6] Recently a new species of Longipedia has been identified in samples from a Caribbean mesophotic coral reef.

[7] Once larva metamorphose to the copepodite form, they continue to molt in five stages, adding complexity and size over time.