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Mytilicola Steuer, 1902 
AphiaID: 128677

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Maxillopoda (Class) > Copepoda (Subclass) > Neocopepoda (Infraclass) > Podoplea (Superorder) > Poecilostomatoida (Order) > Mytilicolidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Mytilicolidae Bocquet & Stock, 1957
Synonymised
taxa
  Noetiphilus Pearse, 1947 (synonym - based on male of Mytilicola)
Piratasta Leigh-Sharpe, 1934 (synonym)
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: Costello, M.J.; Emblow, C.; White, R. (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. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France. ISBN 2-85653-538-0. 463 pp. [details]

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

Direct child
taxa

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 Species Mytilicola brachidontis (Reeve, 1939)
Species Mytilicola fimbriatus Humes & Ho, 1970
Species Mytilicola intestinalis Steuer, 1902
Species Mytilicola mactrae Hoshina & Kuwabara, 1959
Species Mytilicola orientalis Mori, 1935
Species Mytilicola porrecta Humes, 1954
Species Mytilicola virgatula (Leigh-Sharpe, 1934)

Species Mytilicola ostrea Hoshina & Sugiura, 1953 represented as Myicola ostreae Hoshina & Sugiura, 1953 (alternate representation)

Species Mytilicola ostreae Wilson C.B., 1938 accepted as Mytilicola orientalis Mori, 1935
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Feedingtypes  omnivore [details]
predator [details]
scavenger [details]
Links 3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Mytilicola
3x5 J.S. Ho Taxonomic Card - Mytilicola
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To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:128677
Taxonomic
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Boxshall, Geoff
  
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  Citation: Boxshall, G. (2013). Mytilicola Steuer, 1902. 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=128677 on 2013-05-25
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