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Scopalatum Roe, 1975 
AphiaID: 104231

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Maxillopoda (Class) > Copepoda (Subclass) > Neocopepoda (Infraclass) > Gymnoplea (Superorder) > Calanoida (Order) > Scolecitrichidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Scolecitrichidae Giesbrecht, 1893
Sources  original description: Roe, H.S.J.. 1975. Some new and rare species of calanoid copepods from the northeastern Atlantic. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology 28(7):295-372, figs. 1-33. (5-xi-1975) [details]

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: Bradford-Grieve, J.M.; Wells, J.B. J.; Ho, J. (2009). Copepoda (Crustacea). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Scopalatum dubia (Scott T., 1894)
Species Scopalatum farrani Roe, 1975
Species Scopalatum gibbera Roe, 1975
Species Scopalatum lobophora Roe, 1975
Species Scopalatum smithae (Grice, 1962)
Species Scopalatum vorax (Esterly, 1911)

Species Scopalatum altera (Farran, 1929) accepted as Mixtocalanus alter (Farran, 1929)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Links 3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Scopalatum
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104231
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Boxshall, Geoff
2008-09-14 11:47:50Z  changed  Walter, T. Chad
  
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  Citation: Walter, T. Chad; Boxshall, G. (2013). Scopalatum Roe, 1975. 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=104231 on 2013-05-24
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