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

Minervella perplexa (Wells & Clark, 1965)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Minervella*	Cottarelli & Venanzetti, 1989	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Neopsammastacus perplexus*	(Wells & Clark, 1965)	synonym
*Psammastacus perplexus*	Wells & Clark, 1965	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.
new combination reference	Huys, R. (1992). The amphiatlantic distribution of Leptastacus macronyx (T. Scott, 1892) (Copepoda: Harpacticoida): a paradigm of taxonomic confusion; and a cladistic approach to the classification of the Leptastacidae Lang, 1948. Mededelingen van de Koninklijke Academie voor Wetenschappen, Letteren en Schone Kunsten van Belgie 4:23-196, 52 figs.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Minervella perplexa (Wells & Clark, 1965). 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:116344