Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Podoplea > Order Harpacticoida > Family Paramesochridae > Subfamily Paramesochrinae > Genus Leptopsyllus > Subgenus Leptopsyllus (Leptopsyllus)

Leptopsyllus (Leptopsyllus) celticus Bodin & Jackson, 1987

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Leptopsyllus*	Scott T., 1894	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Leptopsyllus celticus*	Bodin & Jackson, 1987	synonym; alternate representation

Literature

original description	Bodin, P. & D.F. Jackson. (1987). A new species of Leptopsyllus (Copepoda: Harpacticoida: Paramesochridae) from northern Brittany and the west coast of Ireland with a key to the genus. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. (B)87(6): 93-99, figs. 1-4.
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.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Leptopsyllus (Leptopsyllus) celticus Bodin & Jackson, 1987. 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:116799