WoRMS taxon details
Apolethon Wells, 1967
AphiaID: 149985
AphiaID: 149985
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Maxillopoda (Class) > Copepoda (Subclass) > Neocopepoda (Infraclass) > Podoplea (Superorder) > Harpacticoida (Order) > Harpacticoida incertae sedis (Family) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Harpacticoida incertae sedis | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Bodin, P. (1997). Catalogue of the new marine harpacticoid copepods. 1997 edition. Studiedocumenten van het K.B.I.N. = Documents de Travail de l'I.R.Sc.N.B., 89. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 304 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Bradford-Grieve, J.M.; Wells, J.B. J.; Ho, J. (2009). Copepoda (Crustacea). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details] status source: Schizas, N.V. & T.C. Shirley. 2006. Apolethon hippoperus (Copepoda: Harpacticoida): a new species from southeastern Alaska. Journal of Crustacean Biology 26(3):341-354. [details] | |||||||||||||
| All child taxa [hide all] | Species Apolethon articulatus Lee & Chang, 2008 Species Apolethon bilobatus Shen & Tai, 1973 Species Apolethon fumator Wells, 1967 Species Apolethon hippoperus Schizas & Shirley, 2006 Species Apolethon trigonus Shen & Tai, 1973 | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||
| Links | 3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Apolethon To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Note |
Schizas & Shirley (2006) provide a detailed analysis and discussion on the relationships of Apolethon within the superfamily Laophontoidea, and conclude that the genus should be placed as incertae sedis in Laophontoidea [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:149985 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Walter, T. Chad (2013). Apolethon Wells, 1967. 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=149985 on 2013-05-20 | ||||||||||||||
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