Marine Species Traits - Metaxymolgus commodus (Humes, 1964)

WoRMS name details

Metaxymolgus commodus (Humes, 1964)

AphiaID

365649 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:365649)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (generic transfer)

Accepted name

Doridicola commodus (Humes, 1964)

Rank

Species

Parent

Metaxymolgus Humes & Stock, 1972 accepted as Doridicola Leydig, 1853

Original name

Lichomolgus commodus Humes, 1964

Environment

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

Original description

(of Lichomolgus commodus Humes, 1964) Humes, A.G. (1964). New species of Lichomolgus (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) from sea anemones and nudibranchs in Madagascar. Cahiers de l'Office de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique Outre-Mer (ORSTOM), Série Océanographie. 6 (Série Nosy-Bé II):59-130, figs. 1-197. (8-xii-1964) [ for 1963]. [details] Available for editors

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Taxonomic citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Metaxymolgus commodus (Humes, 1964). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=365649 on 2025-06-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-08-06 09:42:48Z

created

Walter, T. Chad

2019-02-11 14:21:25Z

changed

Boxshall, Geoff

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Lichomolgus commodus Humes, 1964) Humes, A.G. (1964). New species of Lichomolgus (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) from sea anemones and nudibranchs in Madagascar. Cahiers de l'Office de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique Outre-Mer (ORSTOM), Série Océanographie. 6 (Série Nosy-Bé II):59-130, figs. 1-197. (8-xii-1964) [ for 1963]. [details] Available for editors

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Other

additional source Humes, A.G. (1959). Copépodes parasites de Mollusques à Madagascar. [Parasitic copepods of molluscs in Madagascar.]. Mémoires de l'Institut Scientifique de Madagascar. (F)2:285-342, figs. 1-268. [for 1958]. [details] Available for editors

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Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

From editor or global species database

Transfer authority Humes & Stock, 1983 [details]

Definitions

To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record)