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

Psyllocamptus Scott T., 1899

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Mesochrella*	Kunz, 1951	synonym
*Phyllocamptus*	Scott T., 1899	synonym
*Psyllocamptus (Psyllocamptus)*	Kunz, 1975	synonym

Children

Psyllocamptus eridani Ceccherelli, 1988
Psyllocamptus gelatinosus (Kunz, 1951)
Psyllocamptus minutus Sars G.O., 1911
Psyllocamptus monachus Chappuis, 1938
Psyllocamptus propinquus (Scott T., 1896)

Literature

original description	Scott, T. (1899). Notes on recent gatherings of micro-Crustacea from the Clyde and the Moray Firth. Report of the Fishery Board of Scotland 17(3):248-273, pls. 10-13.
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	Noodt, W. (1955). Marmara denizi Harpacticoiden (Crust. Cop.). Marine Harpacticoiden (Crust. Cop.) aus dem Marmare Meer. [Marine Harpacticoida (Crust. Cop.) from the Marmare Sea.]. Istanbul Universitesi Fen Fakultesi Mecmuasi. (B)20(1-2):49-94, figs. 1-103. (i/iv-1955).
additional source	Lang, K. (1965). Copepoda Harpacticoida from the Californian Pacific coast. Kungliga Svenska Vetensk-Akademiens Handlingar, Fjarde Serien. Almquist & Wiksell, Stockholm. 10(2):1-560, figs. 1-303, pls. 1-6.
additional source	Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils. pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.).
additional source	Scott, T. (1899). Notes on recent gatherings of micro-Crustacea from the Clyde and the Moray Firth. Report of the Fishery Board of Scotland 17(3):248-273, pls. 10-13.
additional source	Bodin, P. (1997). Catalogue of the new marine Harpacticoid Copepods. Studiedocumenten van het K.B.I.N. = Documents de Travail de l'I.R.Sc.N.B., 89. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 89: 1-304.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Psyllocamptus Scott T., 1899. 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:115208

Dr. Geoffrey Boxshall. Psyllocamptus Scott T., 1899. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/352b1f17-6ca4-4b83-82d8-20e7adf5c4d7