Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Podoplea > Order Harpacticoida > Family Parastenheliidae > Genus Parastenhelia > Species Parastenhelia spinosa > Subspecies Parastenhelia spinosa spinosa

Parastenhelia spinosa bulbosa Wells, 1963

Rank: Subspecies
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Parastenhelia*	Thompson I.C. & Scott A., 1903	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Wells, J.B.J. (1963). Copepoda from the littoral region of the estuary of the River Exe (Devon, England). Crustaceana, Leiden 5(1):10-26, figs. 1-4. (30-i-1963)
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. Parastenhelia spinosa bulbosa Wells, 1963. 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:116895

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Environment

marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

EU Habitat Directive:
annex II EU Habitat Directive Annex II: Species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.