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Melinnacheres Sars M., 1870 
AphiaID: 128720

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Maxillopoda (Class) > Copepoda (Subclass) > Neocopepoda (Infraclass) > Podoplea (Superorder) > Poecilostomatoida (Order) > Saccopsidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Saccopsidae Lützen, 1964
Synonymised
taxa		  Oestrella McIntosh, 1885 (synonym according to Boxshall (1977))
 Saccopsis Levinsen, 1878 (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: 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 Melinnacheres ergasiloides Sars M., 1870
Species Melinnacheres levinseni (McIntosh, 1885)
Species Melinnacheres steenstrupi (Bresciani & Lützen, 1961)
Species Melinnacheres terebellidis (Levinsen, 1878)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Links 3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Melinnacheres
3x5 J.S. Ho Taxonomic Card - Melinnacheres
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:128720
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Boxshall, Geoff
2006-09-25 06:54:45Z  changed  Martinez, Olga
2008-06-23 10:33:08Z  changed  Walter, T. Chad
2011-11-18 16:12:40Z  changed  Boxshall, Geoff
  
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  Citation: Boxshall, G.; Walter, T. Chad (2013). Melinnacheres Sars M., 1870. 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=128720 on 2013-05-24
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