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Tropocyclops prasinus (Fischer, 1860) 
AphiaID: 157739

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Maxillopoda (Class) > Copepoda (Subclass) > Neocopepoda (Infraclass) > Podoplea (Superorder) > Cyclopoida (Order) > Cyclopidae (Family) > Tropocyclops (Genus)
Status alternate representation
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Tropocyclops prasinus prasinus (Fischer, 1860)
Rank Species
Parent Tropocyclops Kiefer, 1927
Synonymised
taxa		  Cyclops fluviatilis Herrick, 1882
 Cyclops horvathii Daday, 1885
 Cyclops pentagonus Vosseler, 1886
 Cyclops pentagonus vichyensis Richard, 1887
 Cyclops prasinus Fischer, 1860
 Cyclops spinulosus Claus, 1893
 Eucyclops pentagonus (Vosseler, 1886)
 Monoculus quadricornis prasinus Jurine, 1820 (possible synonym)
Sources  basis of record: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

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

from synonym: Kiefer, F.. 1949. The Armstrong College Zoological Expedition to Siwa Oasis (Libyan Desert) 1935. Freilebende Ruderfusskrebse (Crustacea Copepoda). Proceedings of the Egyptian Academy of Sciences 4:62-112, figs. 1-64.
page(s): 69 [details] [view taxon]

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taxa
[show all]		 Subspecies Tropocyclops prasinus altoandinus Gaviria, 1994
Subspecies Tropocyclops prasinus aztequei Lindberg, 1955
Subspecies Tropocyclops prasinus breviramus Hsiao, 1950
Subspecies Tropocyclops prasinus candidiusi (Harada, 1931)
Subspecies Tropocyclops prasinus divergens Dussart, 1982
Subspecies Tropocyclops prasinus guawana Kiefer, 1931
Subspecies Tropocyclops prasinus jerseyensis Kiefer, 1931
Subspecies Tropocyclops prasinus meridionalis (Kiefer, 1931)
Subspecies Tropocyclops prasinus mexicanus Kiefer, 1938
Subspecies Tropocyclops prasinus multicolor Lindberg, 1955
Subspecies Tropocyclops prasinus palniensis Lindberg, 1946
Subspecies Tropocyclops prasinus peruviana Lindberg, 1955
Subspecies Tropocyclops prasinus prasinus (Fischer, 1860)
Subspecies Tropocyclops prasinus shagamiensis Onabamiro, 1957
Subspecies Tropocyclops prasinus tenellus (Sars G.O., 1909)
Subspecies Tropocyclops prasinus tjeefi Dumont, 1981
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Gulf of Maine [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Copepod Collection
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157739
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-05-24 07:32:08Z  created  Cuvelier, Daphne
2010-06-30 11:19:04Z  checked  Walter, T. Chad
2013-04-28 10:03:47Z  changed  Walter, T. Chad
  
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  Citation: Walter, T. Chad (2013). Tropocyclops prasinus (Fischer, 1860). 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=157739 on 2013-05-21
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