Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Tunicata > Class Appendicularia > Order Copelata > Family Oikopleuridae > Subfamily Oikopleurinae > Tribe Labiata > Genus Megalocercus

Megalocercus abyssorum Chun, 1887

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Megalocercus*	Chun, 1887	accepted genus name

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J. (2001). Appendicularia, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 356
additional source	Fenaux, R., Q. Bone, and D. Deibel. 1998. Appendicularian distribution and zoogeography, p. 251-264. In q. Bone [ed.], The biology of pelagic tunicates. Oxford University Press.
additional source	Fenaux, R. (1973). Appendicularians from the Indian Ocean, Red Sea and the Persian Gulf. p. 409-414 in: Zeitchel, B. & S.A. Gerlach (eds), The biology of the Indian Ocean. Ecological Studies Vol. 3. Jacobs, J., O.L. Lange, J.S. Olson & W. Wieser (eds) Chapman & Hall Ltd.
additional source	UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications)
GBIF

Citation

WoRMS (2014). Megalocercus abyssorum Chun, 1887. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:103398