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

Laophonte Philippi, 1840

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Laophonte adamsiae Raibaut, 1966
Laophonte aldonae Chislenko, 1977
Laophonte baltica Klie, 1929
Laophonte borceai Jakubisiak, 1938
Laophonte brevifurca Sars G.O., 1920
Laophonte cornuta Philippi, 1840
Laophonte denticornis Scott T., 1894
Laophonte depressa Scott T., 1894
Laophonte dinocerata Monard, 1926
Laophonte dominicalis Monard, 1935
Laophonte elongata Boeck, 1873
Laophonte farrani Roe, 1958
Laophonte foxi Harding, 1956
Laophonte inopinata Scott T., 1892
Laophonte inornata Scott A., 1902
Laophonte longicaudata Boeck, 1865
Laophonte nordgaardi Sars G.O., 1908
Laophonte parvula Sars G.O., 1908
Laophonte parvuloides Monard, 1935
Laophonte serrata (Claus, 1863)
Laophonte setosa Boeck, 1865
Laophonte sima Gurney, 1927
Laophonte thoracica Boeck, 1865
Laophonte triarticulata Monard, 1928
Laophonte trilobata Willey, 1929

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: テナガソコミジンコ属

Literature

original description	Philippi, A. (1840). Zoologische Bemerkungen. VI. Pontarachna punctulum Ph., eine Hydrachnide des Meeres. [Zoological Remarks. VI. Pontarachna punctulum Ph., a Hydrachnid of the Sea.]. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 6(1): 181-195, pls. 3-4.
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	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	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.
additional source	Klie, W. (1941). Laophonte-Arten (Cop. Harp.) aus dem Mittelmeer mit verkümmertem Nebenast der zweiten Antenne. [Laophonte species (Cop. Harp.) from the Mediterranean with a stunted secondary branch of the second antenna.]. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. n. ser. 10(2):259-277, figs. 1-18, tab.1. (25-iii-1941 & 20-ix-1941).
additional source	Brady, G.S. (1880). A monograph of the free and semi-parasitic Copepoda of the British Islands. Ray Society, London. 2:1-182, pls. 34-82.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Sewell, R.B.S. (1940). Copepoda, Harpacticoida. Scientific Reports of the John Murray Expedition. 7(2):119-382, figs. 1-88, l chart. (9-iii-1940).
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	Douwe, C. van. (1929). Marine Litoral-Copepoden: Zur Verbreitung des Genus Laophonte Philippi im Mittelmeer. [Marine littoral copepods: On the distribution of the genus Laophonte Philippi in the Mediterranean Sea.]. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 83(11-12):283-294, figs. 1-22. (25-vii-1929).
additional source	Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Laophonte Philippi, 1840. 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:115374

Dr. Geoffrey Boxshall. Laophonte Philippi, 1840. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/acbbde2d-683b-4034-863a-f520ed5eb9c5