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 Quinquelaophonte

Quinquelaophonte quinquespinosa (Sewell, 1924)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Quinquelaophonte*	Wells, Hicks & Coull, 1982	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Heterolaophonte sigmoides*	(Willey, 1931)	synonym
*Laophonte quinquespinosa*	Sewell, 1924	synonym
*Laophonte sigmoides*	Willey, 1932	synonym

Literature

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	Vasconcelos, D.M. (2003). Distribuição espacial da comunidade da meiofauna e diversidade de Copepoda Harpacticoida no estuário do Rio Formoso, Pernambuco. [Spatial distribution of the meiofauna community and diversity of Copepoda Harpacticoida in the estuary of the Formoso River, Pernambuco.]. Dissertação de Mestrado, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil. 64 pp. [In Portuguese.].

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Quinquelaophonte quinquespinosa (Sewell, 1924). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=116323