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Metacalanus Cleve, 1901 
AphiaID: 104132

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Maxillopoda (Class) > Copepoda (Subclass) > Neocopepoda (Infraclass) > Gymnoplea (Superorder) > Calanoida (Order) > Arietellidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Arietellidae Sars G.O., 1902
Synonymised
taxa		  Scottula Sars G.O., 1902
Sources  basis of record: Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 252-268 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Metacalanus abyssalis (Sars G.O., 1905)
Species Metacalanus acutioperculum Ohtsuka, 1984
Species Metacalanus ambariakae (Binet & Dessier, 1968)
Species Metacalanus aurivillii Cleve, 1901
Species Metacalanus curvirostris Ohtsuka, 1985
Species Metacalanus inaequicornis (Sars G.O., 1903)

Species Metacalanus aurivilli Cleve, 1901 represented as Metacalanus aurivillii Cleve, 1901 (alternate representation)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Link 3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Metacalanus
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104132
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Boxshall, Geoff
2006-09-25 06:54:45Z  changed  Martinez, Olga
2010-07-28 20:41:46Z  checked  Walter, T. Chad
  
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  Citation: Walter, T. Chad; Boxshall, G. (2013). Metacalanus Cleve, 1901. In: Walter, T.C. & Boxshall, G. (2013). World of Copepods database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104132 on 2013-06-20
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