Traits taxon details

Metadiaptomus colonialis (Douwe, 1914)

359375  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:359375)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Crustacea (Subphylum)
  5. Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  6. Copepoda (Class)
  7. Neocopepoda (Infraclass)
  8. Gymnoplea (Superorder)
  9. Calanoida (Order)
  10. Diaptomidae (Family)
  11. Paradiaptominae (Subfamily)
  12. Metadiaptomus (Genus)
  13. Metadiaptomus colonialis (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of ) Douwe, C. van. (1914). Copepoda. <em>In: Michaelsen, W. (ed.). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Land- und Süsswasserfauna Deutsch-Südwestafrikas. L. Friederichsen & Co., Hamburg [Contributions to the knowledge of the terrestrial and freshwater fauna of German South-West Africa.].</em> 1:93-103, pl. 3., figs.1-11. [details] OpenAccess publication
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Metadiaptomus colonialis (Douwe, 1914). Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=359375 on 2025-05-11
Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Metadiaptomus colonialis (Douwe, 1914). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=359375 on 2025-05-11
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2008-07-15 14:41:49Z
created
Walter, T. Chad

original description (of ) Douwe, C. van. (1914). Copepoda. <em>In: Michaelsen, W. (ed.). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Land- und Süsswasserfauna Deutsch-Südwestafrikas. L. Friederichsen & Co., Hamburg [Contributions to the knowledge of the terrestrial and freshwater fauna of German South-West Africa.].</em> 1:93-103, pl. 3., figs.1-11. [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Kiefer, F. (1934). Die freilebenden Kopepoden Südafrikas. [The wild copepods of South Africa.]. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik.</em> 65(2):99-192, figs. 1-167. (12-ii-1934). [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Rayner, N.A. (1990). The freshwater Diaptomidae (Calanoida: Copepoda) of southern Africa. <em>Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.</em> 219 pp, 1 map. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Mnisi, P. & S.M. Dippenaar. (2020). Late postnaupliar development of the freshwater copepods Lovenula falicifera and Metadiaptomus colonialis (Calanoida: Diaptomidae) from South Africa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4877(3):468-504. Nov 2020., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4877.3.5 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
 
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