WoRMS taxon details
Laophonte serrata (Claus, 1863)
116275 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:116275)
accepted
Species
Cleta serrata Claus, 1863 · unaccepted (synonym)
Laophonte propinqua Scott T. & Scott A., 1895 · unaccepted
Laophontopsis serrata (Claus, 1863) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cleta serrata Claus, 1863) Claus, C. (1863). Die frei lebenden Copepoden mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Fauna Deutschlands, der Nordsee und des Mittelmeeres. [The free-living copepods with special consideration of the fauna of Germany, the North Sea and the Mediterranean.]. <em>Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig.</em> 230 pp., pls. 1-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11820384 [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Laophonte serrata (Claus, 1863). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=116275 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Laophonte propinqua Scott T. & Scott A., 1895) Scott, T. & A. Scott. (1895). On some new and rare Crustacea from Scotland. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (6)15:457-464, pls. 16-17. (vi-1895)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19265653
page(s): 460 [details]
original description (of Cleta serrata Claus, 1863) Claus, C. (1863). Die frei lebenden Copepoden mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Fauna Deutschlands, der Nordsee und des Mittelmeeres. [The free-living copepods with special consideration of the fauna of Germany, the North Sea and the Mediterranean.]. <em>Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig.</em> 230 pp., pls. 1-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11820384 [details]
basis of record Huys, R. (2001). Copepoda - Harpacticoida. <em>In: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds.) European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50:268-280. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 460 [details]
original description (of Cleta serrata Claus, 1863) Claus, C. (1863). Die frei lebenden Copepoden mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Fauna Deutschlands, der Nordsee und des Mittelmeeres. [The free-living copepods with special consideration of the fauna of Germany, the North Sea and the Mediterranean.]. <em>Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig.</em> 230 pp., pls. 1-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11820384 [details]
basis of record Huys, R. (2001). Copepoda - Harpacticoida. <em>In: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds.) European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50:268-280. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Brady, G.S. (1880). A monograph of the free and semi-parasitic Copepoda of the British Islands. Volume II. <em>Ray Society, London.</em> 2:1-182, pls. 34-82. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Norman, A.M. & T. Scott. (1906). The Crustacea of Devon and Cornwall. <em>London: William Wesley and Son.</em> 232 pp., pls. 1-24., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.1939 [details]
additional source Pesta, O. (1932). Krebstiere oder Crustacea. I: Ruderfüsser oder Copepoda. 3. Unterordnung: Harpacticoida (1. und 2. Hälfte). [Crustaceans or Crustacea. I: Copepods. 3. Suborder: Harpacticoida (1st and 2nd half)]. <em>In: Dahl, F. (ed.). Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und der Angrenzenden Meeresteile nach Ihren Merkmalen und nach Ihrer Lebensweise. Jena.</em> 24:1-164, figs. 1-72, 1-92. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Scott, T. (1894). Report on Entomostraca from the Gulf of Guinea, collected by John Rattray, B.Sc. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Series 2, Zoology.</em> 6(1):1-161, pls. 1-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8598493 [details]
additional source Norman, A.M. & T. Scott. (1906). The Crustacea of Devon and Cornwall. <em>London: William Wesley and Son.</em> 232 pp., pls. 1-24., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.1939 [details]
additional source Pesta, O. (1932). Krebstiere oder Crustacea. I: Ruderfüsser oder Copepoda. 3. Unterordnung: Harpacticoida (1. und 2. Hälfte). [Crustaceans or Crustacea. I: Copepods. 3. Suborder: Harpacticoida (1st and 2nd half)]. <em>In: Dahl, F. (ed.). Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und der Angrenzenden Meeresteile nach Ihren Merkmalen und nach Ihrer Lebensweise. Jena.</em> 24:1-164, figs. 1-72, 1-92. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Scott, T. (1894). Report on Entomostraca from the Gulf of Guinea, collected by John Rattray, B.Sc. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Series 2, Zoology.</em> 6(1):1-161, pls. 1-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8598493 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (36 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Laophonte propinqua Scott T. & Scott A., 1895)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Laophonte propinqua Scott T. & Scott A., 1895)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
