Marine Species Traits - Opimia exilis Wilson C.B., 1908

WoRMS taxon details

Opimia exilis Wilson C.B., 1908

AphiaID

354070 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:354070)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Type taxon of

Opimia Wilson C.B., 1908

Parent

Opimia Wilson C.B., 1908

Original name

Opimia exilis Wilson C.B., 1908

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Wilson, C.B. (1908). North American parasitic copepods: a list of those found upon the fishes of the Pacific coast, with descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 35(1652):431-481, pls. 66-83. (10-xii-1908). [details]

Taxonomic citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Opimia exilis Wilson C.B., 1908. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=354070 on 2025-05-30

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-07-15 14:41:49Z

created

Walter, T. Chad

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Wilson, C.B. (1908). North American parasitic copepods: a list of those found upon the fishes of the Pacific coast, with descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 35(1652):431-481, pls. 66-83. (10-xii-1908). [details]

Other

additional source Fukui, T. (1965). On some parasitic copepods of Japan. <em>Researches on Crustacea, Tokyo.</em> 2:60-66, figs. 1-4. (ix-1965, Japanese.). [details] Available for editors

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Definitions

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 38601)
To ITIS