Metapeniculus Castro-Romero & Baeza-Kuroki, 1985 
AphiaID: 347487

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Arthropoda > Crustacea > Multicrustacea > Hexanauplia > Copepoda > Neocopepoda > Podoplea > Siphonostomatoida > Pennellidae > Metapeniculus

Status		accepted
Rank		Genus
Typetaxon		Metapeniculus antofagastiensis Castro-Romero & Baeza-Kuroki, 1985 (type by original designation)
Parent		Pennellidae Burmeister, 1835
Sources		original description Castro-Romero, R. & H. Baeza-Kuroki. (1985). Metapeniculus antofagastensis gen. et sp. nov. (Copepoda, Pennellidae) parasitic on two inshore fishes of Antofagasta, Chile, South Pacific. Crustaceana, Leiden 49(1):22-29, figs. 1-22. (19-viii-1985, French summary) [details] basis of record Walter, Chad. The world of Copepods. , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda [details] [show all]
All child taxa (2) [hide all] [sort alpha..]		Species Metapeniculus antofagastiensis Castro-Romero & Baeza-Kuroki, 1985 Species Metapeniculus haemuloni (Alexander, 1983)
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Links		3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Metapeniculus   3x5 J.S. Ho Taxonomic Card - Metapeniculus
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:347487
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2008-07-15 11:49:29Z   created   Walter, T. Chad 2015-07-13 11:03:02Z   changed   Walter, T. Chad
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		Citation: Walter, T. Chad (2015). Metapeniculus Castro-Romero & Baeza-Kuroki, 1985. In: Walter, T.C. & Boxshall, G. (2017). World of Copepods database. Accessed at http://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=347487 on 2017-06-24