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

Paralaophonte (Loureirophonte) Jakobi, 1953

Rank: Subgenus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Paralaophonte*	Lang, 1948	accepted genus name

Subgenus group names

*Loureirophonte*	Jakobi, 1953	synonym

Children

Paralaophonte (Loureirophonte) cesareae (Por, 1964)
Paralaophonte (Loureirophonte) majacola Fiers, 1993
Paralaophonte (Loureirophonte) mediterranea Fiers, 1993

Literature

original description	Jakobi, H. (1953). Novos Laophontidae (Copepoda-Crustacea) da costa Brasileira. [Neue Laophontiden von der Brasilianischen Küste. New Laophontidae (Copepoda-Crustacea) from the Brazilian coast.]. Dusenia; Publicatio Periodica de Scientia Naturali. Curitiba, Brazil. 4(1):47-60, figs. 1-4. (31-i-1953).
taxonomy source	Gómez, S. & F. Nazari. (2021). A new species of Paralaophonte Lang 1948 (Harpacticoida: Laophontidae), with notes on the phylogeny of the genus and its relationships with Loureirophonte Jakobi 1953 using Bayesian inference. Zootaxa. 5032(2): 195-215.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Paralaophonte (Loureirophonte) Jakobi, 1953. 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:1544084