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Ratania Giesbrecht, 1893 
AphiaID: 135653

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Maxillopoda (Class) > Copepoda (Subclass) > Neocopepoda (Infraclass) > Podoplea (Superorder) > Siphonostomatoida (Order) > Rataniidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Rataniidae Giesbrecht, 1897
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]

basis of record: Okemwa, E.N. (1992). A long-term sampling study of Copepods across a Tropical Creek in Mombasa, Kenya. E. Afr. Agric. For. J. 57(4):199 - 215. [details]

additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

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 Species Ratania atlantica Farran, 1926
Species Ratania flava Giesbrecht, 1893
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Kenya [details]
Links 3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Ratania
3x5 J.S. Ho Taxonomic Card - Ratania
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135653
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Boxshall, Geoff
2006-09-28 06:51:36Z  changed  Martinez, Olga
2008-08-06 13:32:15Z  changed  Walter, T. Chad
  
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  Citation: Walter, T. Chad; Boxshall, G. (2013). Ratania Giesbrecht, 1893. 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=135653 on 2013-05-22
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