WoRMS taxon details
Metataeniacanthus epigri Cressey & Cressey, 1979
AphiaID: 353442
AphiaID: 353442
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Maxillopoda (Class) > Copepoda (Subclass) > Neocopepoda (Infraclass) > Podoplea (Superorder) > Poecilostomatoida (Order) > Taeniacanthidae (Family) > Metataeniacanthus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||
| Parent | Metataeniacanthus Pillai, 1963 | |||||||
| Source |
basis of record: Walter, Chad. The world of Copepods. [details] | |||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||
| Feedingtypes |
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Synodus englemani Schultz, 1953 accepted as Synodus variegatus (Lacepède, 1803) [details]
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| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) To Encyclopedia of Life To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Copepod Collection | |||||||
| Note |
Distribution: Bikini, Marshall Islands; Red Sea; Zanzibar; Comores Islands; Nossi Be, Madagascar; Caragados Islands; Seychelles; off Male, Maldive Islands; South China Sea off Viet Nam; Big Hope Island and Endeavour Reef off Australia; Philippines; Indonesia; New Guinea; New Britain; Ambon Island; Celebes; Solomon Islands; Mariana Islands; Marshall Islands; Palau Islands; Tonga Islands; Tahiti; Gambier Islands [details] | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:353442 | |||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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[Taxonomic tree] [Distribution map] [Google] [Google scholar] [Google images] | ||||||||
| Citation: Walter, T. Chad (2013). Metataeniacanthus epigri Cressey & Cressey, 1979. 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=353442 on 2013-05-24 | ||||||||
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