Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Podoplea > Order Harpacticoida > Family Miraciidae > Subfamily Diosaccinae > Genus Diosaccus

Diosaccus truncatus Gurney, 1927

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Diosaccus*	Boeck, 1873	accepted genus name
*Paradiosaccus*	Lang, 1944	synonym

Literature

original description	Gurney, R. (1927). Zoological Results of the Cambridge Expedition to the Suez Canal, XXXIII: Report on the Crustacea - Copepoda (Littoral and Semi-Parasitic). Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. 22(4):451-577, figs. 108-168, tab. 35. (xii-1927).
basis of record	Huys, R. (2001). Copepoda - Harpacticoida. In: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds.) 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. 50:268-280.
additional source	Krishnaswamy, S. (1951). Notes on the undescribed males of two species of Copepoda. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 41(2):75-77, figs. 1-2.
additional source	Saraswathy, M. (1967). Pelagic copepods from the inshore waters off Trivandrum coast. Proceedings of the Symposium on Crustacea, Ernakulam, 12-15 January 1965. Symposium Series, Marine Biological Association of India (2)1:74-106, figs. 1-11.
additional source	Sewell, R.B.S. (1940). Copepoda, Harpacticoida. Scientific Reports of the John Murray Expedition. 7(2):119-382, figs. 1-88, l chart. (9-iii-1940).

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Diosaccus truncatus Gurney, 1927. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=115935