WoRMS name details
Cleta Claus, 1863
150075 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:150075)
unaccepted (synonym)
Genus
Cleta lamellifera Claus, 1863 accepted as Laophontopsis lamellifera (Claus, 1863) (type by original designation)
- Species Cleta brevirostris Claus, 1863 accepted as Paralaophonte brevirostris (Claus, 1863) accepted as Paralaophonte (Paralaophonte) brevirostris (Claus, 1863)
- Species Cleta forcipata Claus, 1866 accepted as Laophontopsis forcipata (Claus, 1866) (synonym)
- Species Cleta lamellifera Claus, 1863 accepted as Laophontopsis lamellifera (Claus, 1863) (synonym)
- Species Cleta lilljeborgia Krichagin, 1877 accepted as Laophontopsis lilljeborgia (Krichagin, 1877) (synonym)
- Species Cleta minuticornis Buchholz, 1874 accepted as Laophontopsis minuticornis (Buchholz, 1874) (synonym)
- Species Cleta parvula Claus, 1866 accepted as Laophontopsis parvula (Claus, 1866) (synonym)
- Species Cleta secunda Sewell, 1924 accepted as Laophontopsis secunda (Sewell, 1924) accepted as Telodocus secundus (Sewell, 1924) (synonym)
- Species Cleta serrata Claus, 1863 accepted as Laophonte serrata (Claus, 1863) (synonym)
- Species Cleta setigera Krichagin, 1873 accepted as Laophontopsis setigera (Krichagin, 1877) (synonym)
- Species Cleta similis Claus, 1866 accepted as Laophonte similis (Claus, 1866) (synonym)
- Species Cleta thalestris Krichagin, 1877 accepted as Laophontopsis thalestris (Krichagin, 1877) (synonym)
- Species Cleta uncinata Czerniavski, 1868 accepted as Heterolaophonte uncinata (Czerniavski, 1868) (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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. Cleta Claus, 1863. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=150075 on 2026-09-13
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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 Bodin, P. (1997). Catalogue of the new marine Harpacticoid Copepods. <em>Studiedocumenten van het K.B.I.N. = Documents de Travail de l'I.R.Sc.N.B., 89. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium.</em> 89: 1-304. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Bodin, P. (1997). Catalogue of the new marine Harpacticoid Copepods. <em>Studiedocumenten van het K.B.I.N. = Documents de Travail de l'I.R.Sc.N.B., 89. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium.</em> 89: 1-304. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Bodin, P. (1997). Catalogue of the new marine Harpacticoid Copepods. <em>Studiedocumenten van het K.B.I.N. = Documents de Travail de l'I.R.Sc.N.B., 89. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium.</em> 89: 1-304. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
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