Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Podoplea > Order Harpacticoida > Family Ameiridae > Genus Nitocra > Species Nitocra affinis

Nitocra affinis affinis Gurney, 1927

Rank: Subspecies
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Nitocra*	Boeck, 1865	accepted genus name
*Nitokra*	Boeck, 1865	orthographic variant
*Transfuga*	Schmankevitsch, 1875	synonym

Subspecies group names

*Nitokra affinis*	Gurney, 1927	orthographic variant; alternate representation
*Nitokra affinis affinis*	Gurney, 1927	orthographic variant; alternate representation

Literature

original description	Gurney, R. (1927). Zoological Results of the Cambridge Expedition to the Suez Canal, XXXIII: Report on the Crustacea - Copepoda (Littoral and Semi-Parasitic). Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. 22(4):451-577, figs. 108-168, tab. 35. (xii-1927).
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.
redescription	YIldIz, N.Ö. & S. Karaytuğ. (2024). Taxonomic revision of the Nitocra affinis Gurney, 1927 species complex (Harpacticoida, Ameiridae) with descriptions of four new species and re-evaluation of its subspecies. ZooKeys. 1191: 35-74.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Nitocra affinis affinis Gurney, 1927. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1672655