Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Class Maxillopoda > Subclass Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Podoplea > Order Misophrioida > Family Speleophriidae

Expansophria Boxshall & Iliffe, 1987

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Expansophria dimorpha Boxshall & Iliffe, 1987
Expansophria sarda Jaume & Boxshall, 1996

Literature

original description	Boxshall, G.A. & T.M. Iliffe. 1987. Three new genera and five new species of misophrioid copepods (Crustacea) from anchialine caves in Indo-West Pacific and North Atlantic islands. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, London 91(3):223-252, figs. 1-14.
basis of record	Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), 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. 252-268
additional source	Nomenclator Zoologicus
additional source	Walter, Chad. The world of Copepods.

Genbank

Taxonomy

3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Expansophria

External Links

GBIF

Citation

Walter, T. Chad; Boxshall, G. (2014). Expansophria Boxshall & Iliffe, 1987. In: Walter, T.C. & Boxshall, G. (2014). World of Copepods database. 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:119200