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

Psammastacus Nicholls, 1935

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: unaccepted
Name Status: nom. nud.

Literature

original description	Nicholls, A.G. (1935). Copepods from the Interstitial Fauna of a Sandy Beach. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom N. Ser. 20: 379-405, figs. 1-10. (VIII-1935).
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	Huys, R. (1992). The amphiatlantic distribution of Leptastacus macronyx (T. Scott, 1892) (Copepoda: Harpacticoida): a paradigm of taxonomic confusion; and a cladistic approach to the classification of the Leptastacidae Lang, 1948. Mededelingen van de Koninklijke Academie voor Wetenschappen, Letteren en Schone Kunsten van Belgie 4:23-196, 52 figs.
additional source	Huys, R. (2009). Unresolved cases of type fixation, synonymy and homonymy in harpacticoid copepod nomenclature (Crustacea: Copepoda). Zootaxa. 2183:1-99.
additional source	Cottarelli, V. & F. Venanzetti. (1989). Ricerche zoologiche della nave oceanografica 'Minerva' (C.N.R.) sulle isole circumsarde. II. Cylindropsyllidae del meiobenthos di Montecristo e delle isole circumsarde (Crustacea, Copepoda, Harpacticoida). Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 'Giacomo Doria', Genova. 87:183-235.
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.

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Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Psammastacus Nicholls, 1935. 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:115399