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Alella gibbosa van Niekerk & Oliver, 1995 
AphiaID: 361154

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Maxillopoda (Class) > Copepoda (Subclass) > Neocopepoda (Infraclass) > Podoplea (Superorder) > Siphonostomatoida (Order) > Lernaeopodidae (Family) > Alella (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
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Rank Species
Parent Alella Leigh-Sharpe, 1925
Sources  original description: Van Niekerk, J.P. & P.A.S. Olivier. 1995. Alella gibbosa, a new species of Lernaeopodidae (Copepoda), from Lake St. Lucia, South Africa. South African Journal of Science 91(1):41-44. [details]

basis of record: Walter, Chad. The world of Copepods. [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Feedingtype  adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Rhabdosargus sarba (Forsskål, 1775) [details]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:361154
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2008-07-15 14:41:49Z  created  Walter, T. Chad
  
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  Citation: Walter, T. Chad (2013). Alella gibbosa van Niekerk & Oliver, 1995. 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=361154 on 2013-05-19
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