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Aethon Krøyer, 1837 
AphiaID: 346704

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Maxillopoda (Class) > Copepoda (Subclass) > Neocopepoda (Infraclass) > Podoplea (Superorder) > Siphonostomatoida (Order) > Lernanthropidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Lernanthropidae Kabata, 1979
Source  basis of record: Walter, Chad. The world of Copepods. [details]

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taxa

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 Species Aethon garricki Hewitt, 1968
Species Aethon morelandi Hewitt, 1968
Species Aethon percis (Thomson G.M., 1890)
Species Aethon quadratus Krøyer, 1837

Species Aethon globosus (Pillai, 1967) accepted as Norion globosus Pillai, 1967
Species Aethon priacanthi (Kirtisinghe, 1956) accepted as Norion priacanthi (Kirtisinghe, 1956)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Links 3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Aethon
3x5 J.S. Ho Taxonomic Card - Aethon
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:346704
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2008-07-15 11:49:29Z  created  Walter, T. Chad
2010-05-17 18:20:02Z  changed  Boxshall, Geoff
  
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  Citation: Boxshall, G.; Walter, T. Chad (2013). Aethon Krøyer, 1837. 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=346704 on 2013-05-23
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