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

Laophontella Thompson I.C. & Scott A., 1903

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Willeyella*	Por, 1964	synonym

Children

Laophontella horrida (Por, 1964)

Literature

original description	Thompson, I.C. & A. Scott. (1903). Report on the Copepoda collected by Professor Herdman, at Ceylon, in 1902. In: Herdman, W.A. (ed.). Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar. 1, suppl. 7: 227-307, text-fig. 1, pls. 1-20.
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	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	Coull, B.C. (1973). Harpacticoid copepod (Crustacea) of the family Tetragonicipitidae Lang: a review and revision with keys to the genera and species. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 86(2):9-24, tabs. 1-2. (31-v-1973)
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. Laophontella Thompson I.C. & Scott A., 1903. 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:115449