Copepoda taxon details
Porirualia megarostrum (Wells, Hicks & Coull, 1982)
1548178 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1548178)
accepted
Species
Parastenhelia megarostrum Wells, Hicks & Coull, 1982 · unaccepted (Huys & Mu (2021) moved the...)
Huys & Mu (2021) moved the species from Parastenhelia to Porirualia.
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(of Parastenhelia megarostrum Wells, Hicks & Coull, 1982) Wells, J.B.J., G.R.F. Hicks & B.C. Coull. (1982). Common harpacticoid copepods from New Zealand harbours and estuaries. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 9(2):151-184, figs. 1-17, tabs. 1-4., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03014223.1982.10423847 [details] Available for editors 
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Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Porirualia megarostrum (Wells, Hicks & Coull, 1982). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1548178 on 2026-04-24
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(of Parastenhelia megarostrum Wells, Hicks & Coull, 1982) Wells, J.B.J., G.R.F. Hicks & B.C. Coull. (1982). Common harpacticoid copepods from New Zealand harbours and estuaries. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 9(2):151-184, figs. 1-17, tabs. 1-4., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03014223.1982.10423847 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
