Porcellidium tapui
creator: Walter, T. Chad
date: 2026-08-29
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Porcellidium tapui Hicks & Webber, 1983
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Porcellidium tapui Hicks & Webber, 1983. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=354932 on 2026-08-29
created: 2008-07-15T16:41:49Z
is replaced by: 766369
modified: 2014-07-01T22:35:30Z
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Porcellidium tapui Hicks & Webber, 1983
accepted name usage ID: 766369
class: Copepoda
family: Porcellidiidae
genus: Porcellidium
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Hicks, G.R.F. & W.R. Webber. (1983). Porcellidium tapui, new species (Copepoda: Harpacticoida), associated with hermit crabs from New Zealand, with evidence of great morphological variability and a dimorphic male. Journal of Crustacean Biology 3(3):438-453, figs. 1-24, tabs. 1-3. (5-viii-1983)
name published in year: 1983
order: Harpacticoida
parent name usage ID: 115433
phylum: Arthropoda
scientific name authorship: Hicks & Webber, 1983
specific epithet: tapui
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: unaccepted