Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Class Maxillopoda > Subclass Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Podoplea > Order Siphonostomatoida > Family Dirivultidae > Genus Aphotopontius

Aphotopontius atlanteus Humes, 1996

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Aphotopontius*	Humes, 1987	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Aphotopontius temperatus*	Humes, 1997	synonym

Literature

original description	Humes, A.G.. 1996. Deep-sea Copepoda (Siphonostomatoida) from hydrothermal sites on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge at 23(degree)W and 37(degree)N. Bulletin of Marine Science 58(3):609-653. (v.1996)
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