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Dimisophria Boxshall & Iliffe, 1987 
AphiaID: 119199

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Maxillopoda (Class) > Copepoda (Subclass) > Neocopepoda (Infraclass) > Podoplea (Superorder) > Misophrioida (Order) > Misophriidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Misophriidae Boxshall & Jaume, 2000
Sources  original description: Boxshall, G.A. & T.M. Iliffe. 1987. Three new genera and five new species of misophrioid copepods (Crustacea) from anchialine caves in Indo-West Pacific and North Atlantic islands. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, London 91(3):223-252, figs. 1-14. [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: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

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

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Dimisophria cavernicola Boxshall & Iliffe, 1987
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Link 3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Dimisophria
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:119199
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Boxshall, Geoff
2006-07-31 06:57:06Z  changed  Camba Reu, Cibran
2008-06-24 07:15:47Z  changed  Walter, T. Chad
  
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  Citation: Walter, T. Chad; Boxshall, G. (2013). Dimisophria Boxshall & Iliffe, 1987. 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=119199 on 2013-05-18
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