WoRMS taxon details
Maraenobiotus brucei africanus Chappuis, 1936
AphiaID: 363450
AphiaID: 363450
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Maxillopoda (Class) > Copepoda (Subclass) > Neocopepoda (Infraclass) > Podoplea (Superorder) > Harpacticoida (Order) > Canthocamptidae (Family) > Canthocamptinae (Subfamily) > Maraenobiotus (Genus) > Maraenobiotus brucei (Species) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Subspecies | ||||||||||
| Parent | Maraenobiotus brucei (Richard, 1898) | ||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Chappuis, P.A.. 1936. Crustacea. III. Copepoda: Harpacticoida. Mission Scientifique de l'Omo. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Nouvelle Série 3(29):245-292. (48-v-1936). page(s): 279-280 [details] basis of record: Walter, Chad. The world of Copepods. [details] additional source: Löffler, H.. 1965. Die Gattung Maraenobiotus in Afrika. Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik 92:195-218, figs. 1-8. (31-viii-1965) page(s): 199-217 [details] | ||||||||||
| Environment | |||||||||||
| Distribution | type locality: Uganda [details] Kenya [details] Uganda [details] | ||||||||||
| Specimens |
Nontype: NHMW 22953, locality Kenya (Mt. Kenya, mountain lake "Polishmann") [details]
Nontype: NHMW 22970, locality Kenya (Mt. Elgon, spring Sudeck (border with Uganda)) [details] Nontype: NHMW 22937, locality Uganda (Ruwenzori, ouflow of mountain lake Irene) [details] Nontype: NHMW 22938, 22941, locality Uganda (Ruwenzori, moos on shore of lake Irene) [details] Nontype: NHMW 22944, 22945, locality Uganda (Ruwenzori, pond by cottage near Lake Irene) [details] | ||||||||||
| Note |
Habitat: mountain lakes and creek, moos near lake shore, spring [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:363450 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Gaviria-Melo, S.; Walter, T. Chad (2013). Maraenobiotus brucei africanus Chappuis, 1936. In: Walter, T.C., Boxshall, G. (2013). World Copepoda database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=363450 on 2013-05-25 | |||||||||||
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