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Laophontella Thompson I.C. & Scott A., 1903 
AphiaID: 115449

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Maxillopoda (Class) > Copepoda (Subclass) > Neocopepoda (Infraclass) > Podoplea (Superorder) > Harpacticoida (Order) > Tetragonicepsidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Tetragonicepsidae Lang, 1944
Synonymised
taxa		  Willeyella Por, 1964 (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: Bodin, P. (1997). Catalogue of the new marine harpacticoid copepods. 1997 edition. Studiedocumenten van het K.B.I.N. = Documents de Travail de l'I.R.Sc.N.B., 89. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 304 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

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

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Laophontella armata (Willey, 1935)
Species Laophontella typica Thompson I.C. & Scott A., 1903

Species Laophontella horrida (Por, 1964) represented as Laophontella horrida horrida (Por, 1964) (alternate representation)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Links 3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Laophontella
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:115449
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Huys, Rony
2008-08-06 13:32:15Z  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). Laophontella Thompson I.C. & Scott A., 1903. 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=115449 on 2013-05-21
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