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Metaxymolgus Humes & Stock, 1972

347490  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:347490)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Crustacea (Subphylum)
  5. Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  6. Copepoda (Class)
  7. Neocopepoda (Infraclass)
  8. Podoplea (Superorder)
  9. Cyclopoida (Order)
  10. Ergasilida (Suborder)
  11. Rhynchomolgidae (Family)
  12. Metaxymolgus (Genus)
 unaccepted (synonym)
Genus
Metaxymolgus securiger Humes, 1964 accepted as Doridicola securiger (Humes, 1964) (type by original designation)

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  1. Species Metaxymolgus aculeatus (Humes & Ho, 1968) accepted as Doridicola aculeatus (Humes & Ho, 1968) (synonym)
  2. Species Metaxymolgus antheliae Humes & Stock, 1973 accepted as Doridicola antheliae (Humes & Stock, 1973) (synonym)
  3. Species Metaxymolgus botulosus (Stock & Kleeton, 1963) accepted as Doridicola botulosus (Stock & Kleeton, 1963) (synonym)
  4. Species Metaxymolgus brevifurcatus (Ummerkutty, 1962) accepted as Doridicola brevifurcatus (Ummerkutty, 1962) (synonym)
  5. Species Metaxymolgus chlamydis Humes & Stock, 1973 accepted as Doridicola chlamydis (Humes & Stock, 1973) (synonym)
  6. Species Metaxymolgus cincinnatus Humes, 1975 accepted as Doridicola cincinnatus (Humes, 1975) (synonym)
  7. Species Metaxymolgus cinctus Humes & Stock, 1973 accepted as Doridicola cinctus (Humes & Stock, 1973) (synonym)
  8. Species Metaxymolgus claudus Humes & Stock, 1973 accepted as Doridicola claudus (Humes & Stock, 1973) accepted as Telestacicola claudus (Humes & Stock, 1973) (synonym)
  9. Species Metaxymolgus commodus (Humes, 1964) accepted as Doridicola commodus (Humes, 1964) (generic transfer)
  10. Species Metaxymolgus comparatus Humes, 1975 accepted as Doridicola comparatus (Humes, 1975) (synonym)
  11. Species Metaxymolgus confinis Humes, 1982 accepted as Doridicola confinis (Humes, 1982) (synonym)
  12. Species Metaxymolgus congoensis (Scott T., 1894) accepted as Doridicola congoensis (Scott T., 1894) (synonym)
  13. Species Metaxymolgus cuspis (Humes, 1964) accepted as Doridicola cuspis (Humes, 1964) (synonym)
  14. Species Metaxymolgus echinasteris Humes, 1975 accepted as Doridicola echinasteris (Humes, 1975) (synonym)
  15. Species Metaxymolgus gracilipes (Scott A., 1909) accepted as Doridicola gracilipes (Scott A., 1909)
  16. Species Metaxymolgus hetaericus (Humes & Ho, 1968) accepted as Doridicola hetaericus (Humes & Ho, 1968) (synonym)
  17. Species Metaxymolgus hirsutipes (Scott T., 1893) accepted as Doridicola hirsutipes (Scott T., 1893) (synonym)
  18. Species Metaxymolgus inaequalis (Humes & Ho, 1966) accepted as Doridicola inaequalis (Humes & Ho, 1966) (synonym)
  19. Species Metaxymolgus inflatiseta Humes & Stock, 1973 accepted as Doridicola inflatiseta (Humes & Stock, 1973) (synonym)
  20. Species Metaxymolgus longicauda (Claus, 1860) accepted as Doridicola longicauda (Claus, 1860) (synonym)
  21. Species Metaxymolgus lumarius Humes, 1980 accepted as Doridicola lumarius (Humes, 1980) (synonym)
  22. Species Metaxymolgus micropus Humes, 1973 accepted as Doridicola micropus (Humes, 1973) (synonym)
  23. Species Metaxymolgus mimicus Humes, 1975 accepted as Doridicola mimicus (Humes, 1975) (synonym)
  24. Species Metaxymolgus myorae (Greenwood, 1971) accepted as Doridicola myorae (Greenwood, 1971) (synonym)
  25. Species Metaxymolgus patulus (Humes, 1959) accepted as Doridicola patulus (Humes, 1959)
  26. Species Metaxymolgus pertinax Humes, 1982 accepted as Doridicola pertinax (Humes, 1982) (synonym)
  27. Species Metaxymolgus praelongipes Humes, 1975 accepted as Doridicola praelongipes (Humes, 1975) (synonym)
  28. Species Metaxymolgus securiger Humes, 1964 accepted as Doridicola securiger (Humes, 1964) (synonym)
  29. Species Metaxymolgus sensilis Humes, 1964 accepted as Doridicola sensilis (Humes, 1964) (synonym)
  30. Species Metaxymolgus sepiae (Izawa, 1976) accepted as Doridicola sepiae (Izawa, 1976) (synonym)
  31. Species Metaxymolgus simplex (Thompson I.C. & Scott A., 1903) accepted as Doridicola simplex (Thompson I.C. & Scott A., 1903) (synonym)
  32. Species Metaxymolgus singularipes (Humes & Ho, 1968) accepted as Doridicola singularipes (Humes & Ho, 1968) (synonym)
  33. Species Metaxymolgus spinulifer Humes & Frost, 1964 accepted as Doridicola spinulifer (Humes & Frost, 1964) (synonym)
  34. Species Metaxymolgus sunnivae Humes, 1982 accepted as Doridicola sunnivae (Humes, 1982) (synonym)
  35. Species Metaxymolgus turmalis Humes, 1982 accepted as Doridicola turmalis (Humes, 1982) (synonym)
  36. Species Metaxymolgus venustus (Humes, 1959) accepted as Doridicola venustus (Humes, 1959) (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Humes, A.G. & J.H. Stock. (1972). Preliminary notes on a revision of the Lichomolgidae, cyclopoid copepods mainly associated with marine invertebrates. Bulletin Zoölogisch Museum, Universiteit van Amsterdam 2(12):121-133. (21-iv-1972) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Metaxymolgus Humes & Stock, 1972. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=347490 on 2025-06-02
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Nomenclature

original description Humes, A.G. & J.H. Stock. (1972). Preliminary notes on a revision of the Lichomolgidae, cyclopoid copepods mainly associated with marine invertebrates. Bulletin Zoölogisch Museum, Universiteit van Amsterdam 2(12):121-133. (21-iv-1972) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Taxonomy

source of synonymy Humes, A.G. & J.H. Stock. (1983). Redefinition of the genus Doridicola Leydig, 1853, synonymy of Metaxymolgus Humes & Stock, 1972, and establishment of a new genus, Critomolgus (Copepoda, Poecilostomatoida, Bulletin Zoölogisch Museum, Universiteit van Amsterdam 9(10):93-96. (4-iii-1983) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

context source (MSBIAS) MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0. [details] 

additional source Laybourn-Parry, J. & I.M. Strachan. (1980). Respiratory metabolism of Cyclops bicuspidatus (sensu stricta) (Claus) (Copepoda: Cyclopoida) from Esthwaite Water, Cumbria. Oecologia 46(3):386-390, figs. 1-3. (ix-1980) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Metaxymolgus Document hosted within WoRMS 
3x5 J.S. Ho Taxonomic Card - Metaxymolgus Document hosted within WoRMS