Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Podoplea > Order Cyclopoida > Family Cyclopoida incertae sedis > Genus Pachos

Pachos punctatum (Claus, 1863)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pachos*	Stebbing, 1910	accepted genus name
*Pachysoma*	Claus, 1863	synonym

Species group names

*Pachysoma punctatum*	Claus, 1863	synonym

Literature

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	Suárez-Morales, E., J.W. Fleeger & P.A. Montagna. (2009). Free-living Copepoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico. In: Felder, D. L. & D.K. Camp [Eds]. Gulf of Mexico: origin, waters, and biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, 1393 pp. Chapter pagination: 841-869.
additional source	Boxshall, G.A. (1977). The planktonic copepods of the northeastern Atlantic Ocean: Some taxonomic observations on the Oncaeidae (Cyclopoida). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology 31(3):103-155, figs. 1-25, tabs. 1-2. (28-iv-1977)
ecology source	Brun, P., M.R. Payne & T. Kiørboe. (2017). A trait database for marine copepods. Earth System Science Data. 9(1):99-113.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Pachos punctatum (Claus, 1863). 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:129002