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

Epactophanes richardi Mrázek, 1893

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted
Name Status: alternate representation

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Epactophanes*	Mrázek, 1893	accepted genus name

Children

Epactophanes richardi richardi Mrázek, 1893

Literature

original description	Mrázek, A. (1893). Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Harpacticidenfauna des Süsswassers. [Contribution to the knowledge of the freshwater harpacticid fauna.]. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere. 7(1): 89-130, pls. 4-7. (volume date published in 1894 however the first few issues were published in 20-v-1893).
basis of record	Fiers, F. & V. Ghenne. (2000). Cryptozoic copepods from Belgium: diversity and biogeographic implications. Belgian Journal of Zoology. 103(1): 11-19.
additional source	Bassamakov, I. (1971). Matériaux sur Harpacticoida (Copepoda) en Bulgarie. [Collections of Harpacticoida (Copepoda) in Bulgaria.]. Godisnjak Muzeum v Plovdiv, Bulgaria. 1965:9-19, figs. 1-8. (Bulgarian with French summary).
additional source	Kiefer, F. (1924). 3. Beiträge zur Copepodenkunde. 1. Canthocamptus pygmaeus Sars. 2. Ein neuer Fundort von Diaptomus denticornis Wierz. im Schwartzwald. 3. Epactophanes richardi Mràzek. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 59(7-8):200-204, figs. 1-8. (5-v-1924).
additional source	Michailova-Neikova, M. (1963). Epactophanes richardi Mrázek. Priroda, Moscow. 12(4):101-102.
additional source	Ishida, T. (1994). Branchiopod and copepod crustaceans of Akan, northern Japan. Maeda Ippoen Foundation. Nature of Akan National Park 1993: 1241-1282. [In Japanese.]
additional source	Kulhavy, V. (1957). Plazivky (Copepoda-Harpacticoidea) jihoceskych mechu. [Harpacticoid copepods from South Bohemian mosses.]. Acta Musei Nationalis, Prahba, [ Casopis Národniho Musea]. 126(1):35-43, figs. 1-6. (Czech with English summary.).
additional source	Kiefer, F. (1963). Über einige Copepoda Harpacticoida aus grabungen an norditalienischen Fliessgewässern. [On some Copepoda Harpacticoida from excavations at northern Italian rivers.]. Estratto dalle Memorie del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Verona. 11:1-10. (15 Jul 1963).
additional source	Dussart, B.H. (1967). Les Copépodes des eaux continentales d'Europe occidentale. Tome I: Calanoïdes et Harpacticoïdes. [Copepods of the continental waters of Western Europe. Volume I: Calanoids and Harpacticoids.]. N. Boubée et Cie, Paris. 500 pp.
additional source	Damian-Georgescu, A. (1970). Copepoda Harpacticoida (forme de apa dulce). Fauna Republicii Socialiste Romania, Crustacea 4(11): 1-252, figs. 1-114. (14-vii-1970).
additional source	Franke, U. (1989). Katalog zur Sammlung limnischer Copepoden von Prof. Dr. Friedrich Kiefer (Mit einem Gesamtverzeichnis seiner Publikationen). Catolog of the freshwater copepods of Dr. Friedrich Kiefer. Carolinea Beiheft, Karlsrühe. 5:1-433, figs. 1-2.
additional source	Chang, C.Y. (2009). Illustrated encyclopedia of fauna & flora of Korea. Vol. 42. Inland-water Copepoda. Jeonghaeng-sa, Ministry of Education, Seoul, South Korea. 42:1-687.
additional source	Brehm, V. (1912). Die Entomostraken der Danmark-Expedition. [The Entomostraca of the Denmark Expedition.]. Meddelelser om Gronland, In: Danmark-Expeditionen til Gronlands Nordostkyst 1906-1908, Kobenhavn. 5(5)45:305-317, pls.18-19. (1911).
additional source	Ishida, T. (1982). Further notes on the freshwater harpacticoid copepods of Hokkaido, northern Japan. Scientific Reports of the Hokkaido Salmon Hatchery 36:49-61, figs. 1-9. (iii-1982, Japanese with English summary.)
additional source	Defaye, D. & B.H. Dussart. (2011). World Directory of Crustacea Copepoda III - Harpacticoida IV - Gelyelloida. Backhuys Publishers, Margraf Publishers GmbH. 450 pp.
additional source	Menzel, R. (1914). Zur Kenntnis von Moraria muscicola Richters nebst Hinweis auf deren Verwandtschaft mit Epactophanes richardi Mrázek. [On the knowledge of Moraria muscicola Richters including reference to its relationship with Epactophanes richardi Mrázek.]. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 43(13):615-620, figs. 1-5. (17-iii-1914).
additional source	Kiefer, F. (1960). Psammobionte Ruderfusskrebse (Crust. Cop.) aus dem Gebiet der Unterweser und von der Insel Helgoland. [Psammobiont copepods (Crust. Cop.) from the Lower Weser region and from the island of Heligoland. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 165(1-2):30-36, figs. 1-39. (vii-1960).
additional source	Monchenko, V.I. (1964). Novi dlya Ukraini veslonogi rakopodibni (Copepoda): Parastenocaris brevipes ta Epactophanes richardi. [New copepods for the Ukraine: Parastenocaris brevipes and Epactophanes richardi.]. Dopovidi Akademiyi Nauk Ukrayins'koiy RSR, Kiev. 1964(4):545-549. (Ukrainian with Russian and English summaries).
additional source	Lang, K. (1931). Schwedische Süsswasser- und Moosharpacticiden. [Swedish freshwater and moss harpacticoids.]. Arkiv för Zoologi. (A)22(17):1-84, figs. 1-105. (19-iii-1931).
additional source	Marin, I., D. Sharafutdinova, T. Mukhina, A. Chernyshev & A. Novikov. (2022). The record of Epactophanes richardi Mrázek, 1893 (Harpacticoida: Canthocamptidae) in soil of the Russian Far-Eastern forest. Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity. 15:454-458.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Epactophanes richardi Mrázek, 1893. 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:238113

Dr. Geoffrey Boxshall. Epactophanes richardi Mrázek, 1893. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/66aecf42-a7fd-4139-a4a5-8b60ceecbaef