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

Platychelipus littoralis Brady, 1880

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Platychelipus*	Brady, 1880	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Brady, G.S. (1880). A monograph of the free and semi-parasitic Copepoda of the British Islands. Ray Society, London. 2:1-182, pls. 34-82.
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	Pesta, O. (1932). Krebstiere oder Crustacea. I: Ruderfüsser oder Copepoda. 3. Unterordnung: Harpacticoida (1. und 2. Hälfte). [Crustaceans or Crustacea. I: Copepods. 3. Suborder: Harpacticoida (1st and 2nd half)]. In: Dahl, F. (ed.). Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und der Angrenzenden Meeresteile nach Ihren Merkmalen und nach Ihrer Lebensweise. Jena. 24:1-164, figs. 1-72, 1-92.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Apostolov, A. (2021). Les Harpacticoïdes (Crustacea, Copepoda) de la côte Atlantique et les eaux intérieures de l'Islande. Maison d'edition Libra Scorp, Bulgaria. 303 pp.
additional source	Barnett, P.R.O. (1966). The comparative development of two species of Platychelipus Brady (Harpacticoida). In: Barnes, H. (ed.). Some contemporary studies in marine science. Allen & Unwin Ltd., New York :113-127, figs. 1-8, tabs. 1-2.
additional source	Barnett, P.R.O. (1970). The life cycle of two species of Platychelipus Brady (Harpacticoida) on an intertidal mud flat. Internationale Revue der Gesamten Hydrobiologie 55(2):169-195, figs. 1-10, tabs. 1-2.
additional source	Scott, T. (1893). II. Additions to the fauna of the Firth of Forth. Part V. Report of the Fishery Board of Scotland 11(3):197-219, pls. 2-5.
additional source	Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp.
additional source	Kornev, P.N. & E.C. Chertoprud. (2008). Copepod Crustaceans of the Order Harpactiocida of the White Sea. Morphology, Systematics, Ecoloy. 379 pp. Biology Faculty, Moscow State University. Tovarishchestvo Nauchmikh Izdanii, KMK, Moscow, 370pp. ISBN 978-5-87317-410-2 (In Russian).
ecology source	Brun, P., M.R. Payne & T. Kiørboe. (2017). A trait database for marine copepods. Earth System Science Data. 9(1):99-113.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Platychelipus littoralis Brady, 1880. 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:116310