WoRMS taxon details
Pectenophilus Nagasawa, Bresciani & Lutzen, 1988
347751 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:347751)
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Genus
Pectenophilus ornatus Nagasawa, Bresciani & Lutzen, 1988 (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Nagasawa, K., J. Bresciani & J. Lützen. (1988). Morphology of Pectenophilus ornatus new genus, new species, a copepod parasite of the Japanese scallop Patinopecten yessoensis. Journal of Crustacean Biology 8(1):31-42. [details] Available for editors
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Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Pectenophilus Nagasawa, Bresciani & Lutzen, 1988. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=347751 on 2025-05-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Nagasawa, K., J. Bresciani & J. Lützen. (1988). Morphology of Pectenophilus ornatus new genus, new species, a copepod parasite of the Japanese scallop Patinopecten yessoensis. Journal of Crustacean Biology 8(1):31-42. [details] Available for editors
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Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Huys, R., J. Llewellyn-Hughes, P.D. Olson & K. Nagasawa. (2006). Small subunit rDNA and Bayesian inference reveal Pectenophilus ornatus (Copepoda incertae sedis) as highly transformed Mytilicolidae, and support assignment of Chondracanthidae and Xarifiidae to Lichomolgoidea (Cyclopoida). <em>Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 87(3): 403-425. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.2005.00579.x [details] Available for editors
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