Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Tantulocarida > Family Microdajidae > Genus Microdajus

Microdajus pectinatus Boxshall, Huys & Lincoln, 1988

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Microdajus*	Greve, 1965	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Boxshall, G.A., R. Huys & R.J. Lincoln. (1989). A new species of Microdajus (Crustacea: Tantulocarida) parasitic on a tanaid in the northeastern Atlantic, with observations on M. langi Greve. Systematic Parasitology. 14(1): 17-30.
basis of record	Boxshall, G. (2001). Tantulocarida, 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. 280

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Microdajus pectinatus Boxshall, Huys & Lincoln, 1988. 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:136616