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

Diarthrodes ponticus (Krichagin, 1877)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted
Name Status: alternate representation

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Diarthrodes*	Thomson, 1883	accepted genus name
*Parawestwoodia*	Sharpe, 1910	synonym
*Pseudothalestris*	Brady, 1883	synonym
*Pseudowestwoodia*	Scott T., 1894	synonym
*Westwoodia*	Dana, 1852-1853	synonym

Children

Diarthrodes ponticus ponticus (Krichagin, 1877)

Literature

additional source	Demeulenaere, B. (1991). Marine phytal harpacticoida from Kenya: with empasis on seagrass dwelling species. MSc. Thesis in Fundamental and Applied Marine Ecology. 49 pp.
additional source	Mordukhai-Boltovskoy, F.D., ed. (1969). Rakoobraznye. (Crustacea). Opredetel' fauny Chernogo i Azovskogo more, 2. Svobodnozhivushchie bespozvonochnye. [Crustacea. Identification key to the fauna of the Black and Azov Seas, 2. Freeliving invertebrates.]. Institut Biologii Yuzh'nykh Morei, Akademiya Nauk USSR, Naukova Dumka, Kiev. 536 pp. (In Russian.).
additional source	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.).
additional source	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	Apostolov, A. (1973). Apport vers l'étude d'Harpacticoïdes pontiques habitant les algues marines. [Contribution to the study of Pontic Harpacticoids inhabiting marine algae. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 191(3-4):263-281, figs. 1-14. (viii/ix-1973).

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Diarthrodes ponticus (Krichagin, 1877). 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:116576