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

Neoleptastacus Nicholls, 1945

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Arenopontia (Neoleptastacus) Nicholls, 1945 synonym
Pararenopontia Bodiou & Colomines, 1986 synonym

Children

Neoleptastacus acanthus Chappuis, 1954
Neoleptastacus breviarticulata (Mielke, 1975)
Neoleptastacus phreaticus (Cottarelli, Bruno & Venanzetti, 1994)
Neoleptastacus speluncae (Cottarelli, Bruno & Venanzetti, 1994)

Literature

original description

Nicholls, A.G. (1945). Marine Copepoda from Western Australia. IV. Psammophilous harpacticoids. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 29:17-24, figs. 1-3. (1-iii-1945)

additional source

Sak, S., S. Karaytuğ & R. Huys. (2024). Review of Neoleptastacus Nicholls, 1945 (Harpacticoida, Arenopontiidae), including an updated key to species and proposal of Phreatipontia gen. nov. Zootaxa. 5525(1):1-66. Oct 2024.

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Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Neoleptastacus Nicholls, 1945. 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:347571

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2024-08-21 by Samuel Enrique Gómez-Noguera

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