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Alebion Krøyer, 1863 
AphiaID: 135588

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Maxillopoda (Class) > Copepoda (Subclass) > Neocopepoda (Infraclass) > Podoplea (Superorder) > Siphonostomatoida (Order) > Caligidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Alebion carchariae Krøyer, 1863 (type by monotypy)
Parent Caligidae Burmeister, 1835
Synonymised
taxa
  Caligera van Beneden, 1892 (synonym)
Platyporinus Rao, 1950 (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]

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

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 Species Alebion carchariae Krøyer, 1863
Species Alebion crassus (Bere, 1936)
Species Alebion elegans Capart, 1953
Species Alebion glaber Wilson C.B., 1905
Species Alebion gracilis Wilson C.B., 1905
Species Alebion lobatus Cressey, 1970
Species Alebion maculatus Wilson C.B., 1932
Species Alebion pacificus Cressey, 1972

Species Alebion alatus Gnanamuthu, 1952 accepted as Alebion crassus (Bere, 1936)
Species Alebion difficilis van Beneden, 1892 accepted as Alebion carchariae Krøyer, 1863
Species Alebion echinatus Capart, 1953 accepted as Alebion crassus (Bere, 1936)
Species Alebion fuscus Wilson C.B., 1921 accepted as Alebion carchariae Krøyer, 1863
Species Alebion glabrum Wilson C.B., 1905 accepted as Alebion glaber Wilson C.B., 1905
Species Alebion gracile Wilson C.B., 1905 accepted as Alebion gracilis Wilson C.B., 1905
Species Alebion megacephalus Kirtisinghe, 1956 accepted as Alebion maculatus Wilson C.B., 1932
Species Alebion spinosus Rangnekar, 1959 accepted as Alebion maculatus Wilson C.B., 1932
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Links 3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Alebion
3x5 J.S. Ho Taxonomic Card - Alebion
To ITIS
Note  Homonymy: Also in database as valid genus in Iophonidae (Porifera) - needs checking [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135588
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Boxshall, Geoff
2005-08-01 12:12:31Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2009-03-07 15:57:14Z  checked  Boxshall, Geoff
2011-12-14 12:17:53Z  changed  Boxshall, Geoff
  
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  Citation: Boxshall, G. (2013). Alebion Krøyer, 1863. 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=135588 on 2013-06-19
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