WoRMS taxon details
Mappates Rangnekar, 1958
347449 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:347449)
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Genus
Mappates plataxus Rangnekar, 1958 (type by original designation)
- Species Mappates alter Kabata, 1964
- Species Mappates plataxus Rangnekar, 1958
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Mappates Rangnekar, 1958. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=347449 on 2026-07-14
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Nomenclature
original description
Rangnekar, M.P. (1958). Mappates plataxus gen. et sp. nov., a copepod parasitic on the fish Platax teira (Forsk.). Records of the Indian Museum, Calcutta 53:303-308, figs. 1-2. (20-ii-1958) [details] Available for editors 
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basis of record Pillai, N.K. (1985). Copepod Parasites of Marine Fishes. <em>In: The Fauna of India. Zoological Society of India, Calcutta.</em> 900pp., figs. 1-279.
page(s): 466 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]basis of record Pillai, N.K. (1985). Copepod Parasites of Marine Fishes. <em>In: The Fauna of India. Zoological Society of India, Calcutta.</em> 900pp., figs. 1-279.
page(s): 466 [details] Available for editors
[request]
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