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

Wellsopsyllus (Scottopsyllus) Apostolov & Marinov, 1988

Rank: Subgenus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Wellsopsyllus*	Kunz, 1981	accepted genus name

Subgenus group names

*Scottopsyllus*	Apostolov & Marinov, 1988	synonym
*Scottopsyllus (Scottopsyllus)*	Kunz, 1962	synonym; nom. nud.

Children

Wellsopsyllus (Scottopsyllus) herdmani (Thompson & Scott, 1900)
Wellsopsyllus (Scottopsyllus) langi (Mielke, 1984)
Wellsopsyllus (Scottopsyllus) minor (Scott, T. & Scott A., 1895)
Wellsopsyllus (Scottopsyllus) robertsoni (Scott T. & Scott A., 1895)

Literature

original description	Apostolov, A. & T.M. Marinov. (1988). Copepoda Harpacticoida (morski kharpaktikoidi). Copepoda, Harpacticoida (marine harpacticoids). Fauna Bulgarica, Fauna Bolgarii. Izd. B'lg. Akad. Nauk, in Aedibus Academiae Scientiarum Bulgaricae, Sofia. Scient. Bulgaricae, Sofia. 18:1-384. (Bulgarian.).

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Wellsopsyllus (Scottopsyllus) Apostolov & Marinov, 1988. 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:729904