Castexia
creator: Walter, T. Chad
creator: Boxshall, Geoff
date: 2026-08-26
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: Castexia Mercier, 1936
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Castexia Mercier, 1936&nbsp;&#8224;. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=558730 on 2026-08-25
created: 2011-01-25T17:06:56Z
modified: 2024-05-04T18:58:00Z
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Castexia Mercier, 1936
class: Copepoda
family: Pionodesmotidae
genus: Castexia
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Mercier, J. (1936). Zoothylacies d'Echinide fossile provoquées par un Crustacé: Castexia duvillei nov. gen., nov. sp. [Zoothylacies [animal galls] of a fossil echinid caused by a crustacean: Castexia duvillei nov. gen., nov. sp.] Bulletin de la Société géologique de France, série 5 6:149-154. [In French.]
name published in year: 1936
order: Cyclopoida
parent name usage ID: 382804
phylum: Arthropoda
scientific name authorship: Mercier, 1936
taxon rank: Genus
taxonomic status: accepted