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Doropygus pulex Thorell, 1859 
AphiaID: 106608

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Maxillopoda (Class) > Copepoda (Subclass) > Neocopepoda (Infraclass) > Podoplea (Superorder) > Cyclopoida (Order) > Notodelphyidae (Family) > Doropygus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Doropygus Thorell, 1859
Synonymised
taxa
  Doropygus pullus Buchholz, 1869 (listed as synonym by Illg, 1958)
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: Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p. (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]

from synonym: Walter, Chad. The world of Copepods. [details] [view taxon]

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taxa

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 Subspecies Doropygus pulex pinguis Ooishi, 1962
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Gulf of Maine [details]
Gulf of St. Lawrence [details]
New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
St. Lawrence Estuary [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Feedingtypes  adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Ascidia venosa Mueller, 1776 accepted as Ascidia virginea Müller, 1776 [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Ascidiella aspersa (Müller, 1776) [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Ascidiella scabra (Müller, 1776) [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Boltenia ovifera (Linnaeus, 1767) [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Ciona intestinalis (Linnaeus, 1767) [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Dendrodoa grossularia (Van Beneden, 1846) [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Microcosmus sabatieri Roule, 1885 [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Microcosmus sulcatus (Coquebert, 1797) accepted as Microcosmus vulgaris Heller, 1877 [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Microcosmus vulgaris Heller, 1877 [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Molgula complanata Alder & Hancock, 1870 [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Molgula occulta Kupffer, 1875 [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Phallusia mammillata (Cuvier, 1815) [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Polycarpa pomaria (Savigny, 1816) [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Polycarpa rustica (Linnaeus, 1767) accepted as Styela rustica Linnaeus, 1767 [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Pyura microcosmus (Savigny, 1816) [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Pyura savignyi (Philippi, 1843) accepted as Pyura microcosmus (Savigny, 1816) [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Pyura spinosissima Michaelsen, 1922 [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Pyura stolonifera (Heller, 1878) [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Styela partita (Stimpson, 1852) accepted as Styela canopus (Savigny, 1816) [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (40 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Copepod Collection
To ITIS
Notes  Distribution: lower St. Lawrence estuary; Arctic Ocean; Bermuda; Florida; off Martha's Vineyard; Naples, Italy; Japan  [details]

Habitat: parasite found in Boltenia ovifera [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106608
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Boxshall, Geoff
  
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  Citation: Boxshall, G. (2013). Doropygus pulex Thorell, 1859. 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=106608 on 2013-05-25
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