WoRMS taxon details
Aphotopontius limatulus Humes, 1987
348895 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:348895)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Humes, A.G. (1987). Copepods from deep-sea hydrothermal vents. Bulletin of Marine Science 41(3):645-788, figs. 1-80, tabs. 1-3. (ii.1987) [details] Available for editors 
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Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Aphotopontius limatulus Humes, 1987. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=348895 on 2025-08-23
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Humes, A.G. (1987). Copepods from deep-sea hydrothermal vents. Bulletin of Marine Science 41(3):645-788, figs. 1-80, tabs. 1-3. (ii.1987) [details] Available for editors [request]
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Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Humes, A.G. (1997). Benthoxynus Humes, 1984 - Aphotopontius Humes, 1987 - Ceuthoecetes Humes, 1987 - Exrima Humes, 1987 - Nilva Humes, 1987 - Rhogobius Humes, 1987 - Scotoecetes Humes, 1987 - Stygiopontius Humes, 1987 - Chasmatopontius Humes, 1990 - Rimopontius Humes, 1996. In: Desbruyères, D. & M. Segonzac (eds.). Handbook of Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Fauna. Éditions IFREMER, Brest. 279pp. :172. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Lee, J., D. Kim & I.H. Kim. (2020). Copepoda (Siphonostomatoida: Dirivultidae) from Hydrothermal Vent Fields on the Central Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4759(3):301-337., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4759.3.1 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Humes, A.G. (1997). Benthoxynus Humes, 1984 - Aphotopontius Humes, 1987 - Ceuthoecetes Humes, 1987 - Exrima Humes, 1987 - Nilva Humes, 1987 - Rhogobius Humes, 1987 - Scotoecetes Humes, 1987 - Stygiopontius Humes, 1987 - Chasmatopontius Humes, 1990 - Rimopontius Humes, 1996. In: Desbruyères, D. & M. Segonzac (eds.). Handbook of Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Fauna. Éditions IFREMER, Brest. 279pp. :172. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Lee, J., D. Kim & I.H. Kim. (2020). Copepoda (Siphonostomatoida: Dirivultidae) from Hydrothermal Vent Fields on the Central Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4759(3):301-337., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4759.3.1 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
