WoRMS

WoRMS taxon details

Epikopais aries (Vanhöffen, 1914)

AphiaID

819362 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:819362)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Epikopais Merrin, 2009

Orig. name

Aspidarachna aries Vanhöffen, 1914

Synonymised names

Aspidarachna aries Vanhöffen, 1914 · unaccepted (basionym)

Echinozone aries (Vanhöffen, 1914) · unaccepted (changed genus)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Aspidarachna aries Vanhöffen, 1914) Vanhöffen, E. (1914). Die Isopoden der deutschen Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903. Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition, Zoologie. 15: 447-598. [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Davis Sea

type locality contained in Davis Sea [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic citation

Boyko, C.B.; Bruce, N.L.; Hadfield, K.A.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B.; Taiti, S. (Eds) (2024). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Epikopais aries (Vanhöffen, 1914). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=819362 on 2024-05-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2014-10-12 23:36:56Z

created

Merrin, Kelly L.

2019-05-23 16:12:46Z

changed

Boyko, Christopher B.

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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original description (of Aspidarachna aries Vanhöffen, 1914) Vanhöffen, E. (1914). Die Isopoden der deutschen Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903. Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition, Zoologie. 15: 447-598. [details]

new combination reference Merrin, K. L. (2009). Epikopais gen. nov. (Isopoda: Asellota: Munnopsidae), a new genus of munnopsid isopod with three new species from the south-western Pacific. Memoirs of Museum of Victoria. 66: 129-145., available online at http://museumvictoria.com.au/pages/12651/129-145_mmv66_merrin_epikopais_f.pdf [details] Available for editors