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Afroleptastacus Huys, 1992 
AphiaID: 150129

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Maxillopoda (Class) > Copepoda (Subclass) > Neocopepoda (Infraclass) > Podoplea (Superorder) > Harpacticoida (Order) > Leptastacidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Leptastacidae Lang, 1948
Sources  original description: Huys, R. (1992). The amphiatlantic distribution of Leptastacus macronyx (T. Scott, 1892) (Copepoda: Harpacticoida): a paradigm of taxonomic confusion, and a cladistic approach to the classification of the Leptastacidae Lang, 1948. Academia Analecta 54(4): 21-196 (look up in IMIS[details]

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]

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 Species Afroleptastacus clandestinus Huys, 1992
Species Afroleptastacus remanei (Noodt, 1964)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Link 3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Afroleptastacus
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:150129
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Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2005-04-01 10:30:46Z  created  Cuvelier, Daphne
2010-07-02 18:56:27Z  checked  Walter, T. Chad
  
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  Citation: Walter, T. Chad (2013). Afroleptastacus Huys, 1992. 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=150129 on 2013-06-18
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