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

Nitocra elegans (Scott T., 1905)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Nitocra*	Boeck, 1865	accepted genus name
*Nitokra*	Boeck, 1865	orthographic variant
*Transfuga*	Schmankevitsch, 1875	synonym

Species group names

*Nitokra elegans*	(Scott T., 1905)	orthographic variant; alternate representation
*Ameira elegans*	Scott T., 1905	synonym

Literature

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.
additional source	Zaleha, K. (2008). A pictorial guide to some marine harpacticoid copepod of Malaysia. Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Kuala Terengganu. 122 pp. (ISBN 978-983-2888-66-6).

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Nitocra elegans (Scott T., 1905). 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:1671901