Copepoda taxon details
Paralaophonte (Paralaophonte) brevirostris (Claus, 1863)
1544034 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1544034)
accepted
Species
Cleta brevirostris Claus, 1863 · unaccepted
Cleta brevirostris armata Krichagin, 1877 · unaccepted (synonym)
Laophonte brevirostris (Claus, 1863) · unaccepted
Laophonte brevirostris fissirostris Willey, 1935 · unaccepted
Laophonte herdmani Scott A., 1902 · unaccepted
Laophontopsis brevirostris (Claus, 1863) · unaccepted
Paralaophonte brevirostris (Claus, 1863) · unaccepted (Removed from Paralaophonte Lang,...)
Removed from Paralaophonte Lang, 1948 to Paralaophonte (Paralaophonte) Lang, 1948
Paralaophonte brevirostris fissirostris (Willey, 1935) · unaccepted (formally declared as invalid...)
formally declared as invalid subspecies by Huys & Lee (2009)
marine
(of Paralaophonte brevirostris (Claus, 1863)) Claus, C. (1863). Die frei lebenden Copepoden mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Fauna Deutschlands, der Nordsee und des Mittelmeeres. [The free-living copepods with special consideration of the fauna of Germany, the North Sea and the Mediterranean.]. <em>Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig.</em> 230 pp., pls. 1-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11820384 [details] 
(of Cleta brevirostris Claus, 1863) Claus, C. (1863). Die frei lebenden Copepoden mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Fauna Deutschlands, der Nordsee und des Mittelmeeres. [The free-living copepods with special consideration of the fauna of Germany, the North Sea and the Mediterranean.]. <em>Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig.</em> 230 pp., pls. 1-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11820384
page(s): 123 [details]
(of Cleta brevirostris Claus, 1863) Claus, C. (1863). Die frei lebenden Copepoden mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Fauna Deutschlands, der Nordsee und des Mittelmeeres. [The free-living copepods with special consideration of the fauna of Germany, the North Sea and the Mediterranean.]. <em>Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig.</em> 230 pp., pls. 1-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11820384
page(s): 123 [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Paralaophonte (Paralaophonte) brevirostris (Claus, 1863). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1544034 on 2026-01-23
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(of Paralaophonte brevirostris (Claus, 1863)) Claus, C. (1863). Die frei lebenden Copepoden mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Fauna Deutschlands, der Nordsee und des Mittelmeeres. [The free-living copepods with special consideration of the fauna of Germany, the North Sea and the Mediterranean.]. <em>Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig.</em> 230 pp., pls. 1-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11820384 [details]
original description (of Laophonte herdmani Scott A., 1902) Scott, A. (1902). On some Red Sea and Indian Ocean Copepoda. Proceedings and Transactions of the Liverpool Biological Society 16:397-428, pls. 1-3. [details]
original description (of Laophonte brevirostris fissirostris Willey, 1935) Willey, A. (1935). Harpacticoid Copepoda from Bermuda.—Part II. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 15(85): 50-100., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933508654944 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Cleta brevirostris Claus, 1863) Claus, C. (1863). Die frei lebenden Copepoden mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Fauna Deutschlands, der Nordsee und des Mittelmeeres. [The free-living copepods with special consideration of the fauna of Germany, the North Sea and the Mediterranean.]. <em>Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig.</em> 230 pp., pls. 1-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11820384
page(s): 123 [details]
original description (of Cleta brevirostris armata Krichagin, 1877) Krichagin, N.A. (1877). Otchet' ob' ekskursii na Sv. bereg' Chernago morya soverskennoi po pozucheniyu Kievskago obshchestva estestvois'pytatelei letom' 1874 g. [Report on an excursion to the Holy Coast of the Black Sea carried out at the request of the Kiev Society of Naturalists in the summer of 1874.]. <em>Zapiski Kiyevskago Obshchestva Estestvoispytatelei (Mémoires de la Société des Naturalistes de Kiev).</em> 5(1):1-56, pls. 1-4. [details]
original description (of Laophonte herdmani Scott A., 1902) Scott, A. (1902). On some Red Sea and Indian Ocean Copepoda. Proceedings and Transactions of the Liverpool Biological Society 16:397-428, pls. 1-3. [details]
original description (of Laophonte brevirostris fissirostris Willey, 1935) Willey, A. (1935). Harpacticoid Copepoda from Bermuda.—Part II. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 15(85): 50-100., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933508654944 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Cleta brevirostris Claus, 1863) Claus, C. (1863). Die frei lebenden Copepoden mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Fauna Deutschlands, der Nordsee und des Mittelmeeres. [The free-living copepods with special consideration of the fauna of Germany, the North Sea and the Mediterranean.]. <em>Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig.</em> 230 pp., pls. 1-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11820384
page(s): 123 [details]
original description (of Cleta brevirostris armata Krichagin, 1877) Krichagin, N.A. (1877). Otchet' ob' ekskursii na Sv. bereg' Chernago morya soverskennoi po pozucheniyu Kievskago obshchestva estestvois'pytatelei letom' 1874 g. [Report on an excursion to the Holy Coast of the Black Sea carried out at the request of the Kiev Society of Naturalists in the summer of 1874.]. <em>Zapiski Kiyevskago Obshchestva Estestvoispytatelei (Mémoires de la Société des Naturalistes de Kiev).</em> 5(1):1-56, pls. 1-4. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Laophonte brevirostris (Claus, 1863))
To PESI (from synonym Laophonte herdmani Scott A., 1902)
To PESI (from synonym Paralaophonte brevirostris (Claus, 1863))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Paralaophonte brevirostris fissirostris (Willey, 1935))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (3 records) (from synonym Paralaophonte brevirostris (Claus, 1863))
To PESI (from synonym Laophonte herdmani Scott A., 1902)
To PESI (from synonym Paralaophonte brevirostris (Claus, 1863))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Paralaophonte brevirostris fissirostris (Willey, 1935))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (3 records) (from synonym Paralaophonte brevirostris (Claus, 1863))
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