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

Microarthridion fallax Perkins, 1956

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Microarthridion*	Lang, 1944	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Perkins, E.J. (1956). Microarthridion fallax, a species of harpacticoid copepod new to science from Whitstable, Kent. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (12)9:108-111, fig. 1. (ii-1956)
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.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Microarthridion fallax Perkins, 1956. 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:116497

Dr. Geoffrey Boxshall. Microarthridion fallax Perkins, 1956. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/34047960-3385-4e7d-8869-269cd519f1b6