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Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMetataeniacanthus gibbsi Cressey & Cressey, 1979 
AphiaID: 353443

Classification: Biota > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAnimalia (Kingdom) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorArthropoda (Phylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCrustacea (Subphylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMaxillopoda (Class) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCopepoda (Subclass) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorNeocopepoda (Infraclass) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPodoplea (Superorder) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPoecilostomatoida (Order) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorTaeniacanthidae (Family) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMetataeniacanthus (Genus) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMetataeniacanthus gibbsi (Species)
Status accepted
Rank Species
Parent Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMetataeniacanthus Pillai, 1963
Source  basis of record Walter, Chad. The world of Copepods., available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Feedingtypes  adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSynodus indicus (Day, 1873) [details]
Links Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Encyclopedia of Life 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo USNM Invertebrate Zoology Copepod Collection 
Note 
From editor or global species database
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorDistribution off East Africa; Andaman Sea; Gulf of Mannar, Sri Lanka; Trivandrum, India; Madras, India; Rawley Shoals, West Australia [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:353443
Taxonomic
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2008-07-15 14:41:49Z  created  Walter, T. Chad
  
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  Citation: Walter, T. Chad (2014). Metataeniacanthus gibbsi Cressey & Cressey, 1979. In: Walter, T.C. & Boxshall, G. (2014). World of Copepods database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=353443 on 2015-02-01
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