Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Podoplea > Order Harpacticoida > Family Argestidae > Genus Eurycletodes > Subgenus Eurycletodes (Oligocletodes)

Eurycletodes (Oligocletodes) major Sars G.O., 1909

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Eurycletodes*	Sars G.O., 1909	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Eurycletodes major*	Sars G.O., 1909	synonym; alternate representation

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	Lang, K. (1936). Die während der schwedischen Expedition nach Spitzbergen 1898 und nach Grönland 1899 eingesammelten Harpacticiden. [The harpacticids collected during the Swedish expedition to Spitsbergen in 1898 and to Greenland in 1899.]. Kungliga Svenska Vetensk-Akademiens Handlingar. (3)15(4):1-55, figs. 1-117. (20-iii-1936).
new combination reference	Lang, K. (1948). Monographie der Harpacticiden. Vol. 2. [Monographs of the Harpacticites. Vol. 2]. Hakan Ohlsson's Boktryckeri, Lund; reprinted Nordiska Bokhandeln, Stockholm. 2:897-1683, figs. 362-610, maps 1-378. (reprinted 1976).
new combination reference	Lang, K. (1944). Monographie der Harpacticiden (Vorlaufige Mitteilung). [Monograph of the Harpacticidae (Preliminary communication).]. Almqvist & Wiksells Boktryckeri Ab, Uppsala. 39 pp. (19-ii-1944).

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Eurycletodes (Oligocletodes) major Sars G.O., 1909. 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:116723