Wellsopsyllus (Scottopsyllus) herdmani
creator: Boxshall, Geoff
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: Wellsopsyllus (Scottopsyllus) herdmani (Thompson & Scott, 1900)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Wellsopsyllus (Scottopsyllus) herdmani (Thompson & Scott, 1900). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=729906 on 2026-08-29
created: 2013-04-23T10:55:00Z
modified: 2019-09-21T21:48:56Z
replaces: 352840
replaces: 359900
replaces: 116809
replaces: 157719
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Wellsopsyllus (Scottopsyllus) herdmani (Thompson & Scott, 1900)
class: Copepoda
family: Paramesochridae
genus: Wellsopsyllus
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Thompson, I.C. & A. Scott. (1900). Some recent additions to the Copepoda of Liverpool Bay. Transactions of the Biological Society of Liverpool 14:139-144, pl. 8. (Also in: W.A. Herdman, Report on the Fauna of Liverpool Bay, 5: 331-336, pl. 1).
name published in year: 1900
order: Harpacticoida
parent name usage ID: 729904
phylum: Arthropoda
scientific name authorship: (Thompson & Scott, 1900)
specific epithet: herdmani
subgenus: Scottopsyllus
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted