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Acontiophorus scutatus (Brady & Robertson D., 1873) 
AphiaID: 135696

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Maxillopoda (Class) > Copepoda (Subclass) > Neocopepoda (Infraclass) > Podoplea (Superorder) > Siphonostomatoida (Order) > Asterocheridae (Family) > Acontiophorus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Acontiophorus Brady, 1880
Synonymised
taxa
  Acontiophorus angulatus Thompson, 1888 (probable synonym according to Giesbrecht, 1899)
Solenostoma scutatum Brady & Robertson D., 1873 (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: M'harzi, A. (1999). Phytoplankton community structuring in some areas of the North Sea. PhD Thesis. Vrije Universiteit Brussel: Brussel, Belgium. 221 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

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

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
North Sea [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Feedingtypes  adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Antedon bifida (Pennant, 1777) [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Dysidea fragilis (Montagu, 1818) [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Spongelia fragilis (Montagu, 1818) accepted as Dysidea fragilis (Montagu, 1818) [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (32 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Copepod Collection
Note  Distribution: British Isles; coast of English Channel; Faroes, west Norway; Mediterranean [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135696
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Boxshall, Geoff
2008-08-06 13:32:15Z  changed  Walter, T. Chad
2010-05-10 00:23:48Z  changed  Ho, Ju-shey
2013-01-25 17:52:26Z  changed  Walter, T. Chad
  
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  Citation: Walter, T. Chad; Ho, J.; Boxshall, G. (2013). Acontiophorus scutatus (Brady & Robertson D., 1873). In: Walter, T.C., Boxshall, G. (2013). World Copepoda database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135696 on 2013-05-21
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