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

Wellsopsyllus Kunz, 1981

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Wellsopsyllus (Intermediopsyllus) Huys, 2009
Wellsopsyllus (Scottopsyllus) Apostolov & Marinov, 1988
Wellsopsyllus (Wellsopsyllus) Kunz, 1981

Literature

original description

Kunz, H. (1981). Beitrag zur Systematik der Paramesochridae (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) mit Beschreibung einiger neuen Arten. [Contribution to the systematics of the Paramesochridae (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) with description of some new species.]. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum der Universität Kiel. 1(8):2-33, figs. 1-19, tabs. 1-5. (xii-1981, English summary).

basis of record

Belgian Continental Shelf Copepoda

source of synonymy

Wittoeck, Jan

status source

Huys, R. (2009). Unresolved cases of type fixation, synonymy and homonymy in harpacticoid copepod nomenclature (Crustacea: Copepoda). Zootaxa. 2183:1-99.

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Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Wellsopsyllus Kunz, 1981. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:150083

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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2024-04-03 by T. Chad Walter

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