WoRMS taxon details
Parapetalus occidentalis Wilson C.B., 1908
AphiaID: 354385
AphiaID: 354385
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Maxillopoda (Class) > Copepoda (Subclass) > Neocopepoda (Infraclass) > Podoplea (Superorder) > Siphonostomatoida (Order) > Caligidae (Family) > Parapetalus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||
| Parent | Parapetalus Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861 | |||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Parapetalus gunteri Pearse, 1952 (synonym according to Ho & Lin, 2001) | |||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Walter, Chad. The world of Copepods. [details] | |||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||
| Feedingtypes |
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Rachycentron canadum (Linnaeus, 1766) [details]
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| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Copepod Collection To ITIS | |||||||
| Notes |
Distribution: North Carolina; gulf of Mexico; Queensland, Australia; India, Sri Lanka, Taiwan [details] Habitat: gill cavity [details] | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:354385 | |||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Walter, T. Chad (2013). Parapetalus occidentalis Wilson C.B., 1908. 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=354385 on 2013-05-24 | ||||||||
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