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

Laophontopsis Sars G.O., 1908

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cleta*	Claus, 1863	synonym

Children

Laophontopsis borealis Huys & Willems, 1989
Laophontopsis lamellifera (Claus, 1863)
Laophontopsis monardi Huys & Willems, 1989
Laophontopsis setigera (Krichagin, 1877)

Literature

original description	Sars, G.O. (1908). Copepoda Harpacticoida. Parts XXIII & XXIV. Laophontidae (continued). An Account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. Bergen Museum, Bergen. 5:257-276, pls. 177-192.
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	Bodin, P. (1997). Catalogue of the new marine Harpacticoid Copepods. Studiedocumenten van het K.B.I.N. = Documents de Travail de l'I.R.Sc.N.B., 89. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 89: 1-304.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Laophontopsis Sars G.O., 1908. 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:115390