Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Copepoda > Infraclass Progymnoplea > Order Platycopioida > Family Platycopiidae

Platycopia Sars G.O., 1911

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Platycopia perplexa Sars G.O., 1911
Platycopia pygmaea Sars G.O., 1919
Platycopia robusta Andronov, 1985

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: プラティコピア属

Literature

original description	Sars, G.O. (1911). Platycopia perplexa n. gen. and sp., a remarkable new type of deep-water Calanoida from the Norwegian coast. Archiv för Matematik og Naturvidenskab, Christiana 31(7):1-16, pls. 1-2.
basis of record	Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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: pp. 252-268
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Platycopia Sars G.O., 1911. 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:128557