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

Laophontodes Scott T., 1894

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Laophontodes typicus Scott T., 1894
Laophontodes whitsoni Scott T., 1912

Literature

original description	Scott, T. (1894). Additions to the fauna of the Firth of Forth. Part VI. Report of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 12(3):231-271, pls. 5-10.
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	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
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.
taxonomy source	George, K.H, L.M.A. Lehmanski & T.C. Kihara. (2020). Revision of the genus Laophontodes T. Scott (Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Ancorabolidae), including the description of a new species and a key to species. ZooKeys. 997:17-46.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Laophontodes Scott T., 1894. 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:115218