WoRMS name details
Conostoma Thomson, 1883
347004 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:347004)
unaccepted (synonym)
Genus
Conostoma elliptica Thomson G.M., 1883 accepted as Thoostoma ellipticum (Thomson G.M., 1883) (type by original designation)
- Species Conostoma elliptica Thomson G.M., 1883 accepted as Thoostoma ellipticum (Thomson G.M., 1883) (synonym (but species inquirenda))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Thomson, G.M. (1883). On the New Zealand Copepoda. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 15(1882):93-116, pls. 5-11. (publ. v.1883).</em> [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Conostoma Thomson, 1883. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=347004 on 2026-09-26
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Nomenclature
original description
Thomson, G.M. (1883). On the New Zealand Copepoda. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 15(1882):93-116, pls. 5-11. (publ. v.1883).</em> [details] 
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Wilson, C.B. (1924). New North American parasitic copepods, new hosts and notes on copepod nomenclature. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 64(17)(2507):1-22, pls. 1-3., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.64-2507.1 [details] Available for editors
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