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Orthopsyllus Brady & Robertson D., 1873 
AphiaID: 115416

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Maxillopoda (Class) > Copepoda (Subclass) > Neocopepoda (Infraclass) > Podoplea (Superorder) > Harpacticoida (Order) > Orthopsyllidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Orthopsyllidae Huys, 1990
Synonymised
taxa
  Katacletodes Jakobi, 1954 (synonym)
Sources  basis of record: Huys, R. (2001). Copepoda - 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. 268-280 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Walter, Chad. The world of Copepods. [details]

additional source: Lang, K. 1948. Monographie der Harpacticiden. Vols. 1,2. Hakan Ohlsson's Boktryckeri, Lund; reprinted Nordiska Bokhandeln, Stockholm 1:1-896, figs. 1-361; 2:897-1682, figs. 362-607, maps 1-378. [details]

Direct child
taxa

[show all]
 Species Orthopsyllus agnatus Klie, 1950
Species Orthopsyllus coralliophilus Fiers, 1987
Species Orthopsyllus dubius Vervoort, 1964
Species Orthopsyllus illgi (Chappuis, 1958)
Species Orthopsyllus improportionatus (Jakobi, 1954)
Species Orthopsyllus koprii Lee KH, Gheerardyn & Lee W., 2011
Species Orthopsyllus littoralis Nicholls, 1942
Species Orthopsyllus major Klie, 1939
Species Orthopsyllus pectinicauda Vervoort, 1964
Species Orthopsyllus propinquus Monard, 1926
Species Orthopsyllus rugosus Nicholls, 1941
Species Orthopsyllus sarsi Klie, 1941
Species Orthopsyllus similis Nicholls, 1942
Species Orthopsyllus spinicaudatus Krishnaswamy, 1957
Species Orthopsyllus wallini Lang, 1934

Species Orthopsyllus linearis (Claus, 1866) represented as Orthopsyllus linearis linearis (Claus, 1866) (alternate representation)

Species Orthopsyllus psammophilus Noodt, 1955 accepted as Noodtorthopsyllus psammophilus (Noodt, 1955)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Links 3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Orthopsyllus
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:115416
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Huys, Rony
2008-06-24 07:15:47Z  changed  Walter, T. Chad
2011-08-26 15:22:30Z  changed  Walter, T. Chad
2013-01-25 17:52:26Z  changed  Walter, T. Chad
  
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  Citation: Walter, T. Chad; Huys, R. (2013). Orthopsyllus Brady & Robertson D., 1873. In: Walter, T.C., Boxshall, G. (2013). World Copepoda database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=115416 on 2013-05-25
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