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 Wellsopsyllus

Wellsopsyllus (Wellsopsyllus) Kunz, 1981

Rank: Subgenus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

WellsopsyllusKunz, 1981accepted genus name

Subgenus group names

Scottopsyllus (Wellsopsyllus) Kunz, 1981 synonym

Children

Wellsopsyllus (Wellsopsyllus) abyssalis (Becker, Noodt & Schriever, 1979)
Wellsopsyllus (Wellsopsyllus) gigas (Wells, 1965)

Literature

original description

Kunz, H. (1981). Beitrag zur Systematik der Paramesochridae (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) mit Beschreibung einiger neuen Arten. [Contribution to the systematics of the Paramesochridae (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) with description of some new species.]. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum der Universität Kiel. 1(8):2-33, figs. 1-19, tabs. 1-5. (xii-1981, English summary).

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Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Wellsopsyllus (Wellsopsyllus) Kunz, 1981. 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:724629

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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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2024-04-03 by T. Chad Walter

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