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

Diarthrodes major (Scott T. & Scott A., 1895)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Diarthrodes*	Thomson, 1883	accepted genus name
*Parawestwoodia*	Sharpe, 1910	synonym
*Pseudothalestris*	Brady, 1883	synonym
*Pseudowestwoodia*	Scott T., 1894	synonym
*Westwoodia*	Dana, 1852-1853	synonym

Species group names

*Diarthrodes monensis*	(Brady, 1902)	synonym
*Pseudothalestris monensis*	Brady, 1902	synonym
*Pseudowestwoodia major*	Scott T. & Scott A., 1895	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.
additional source	Kornev, P.N. & E.C. Chertoprud. (2008). Copepod Crustaceans of the Order Harpactiocida of the White Sea. Morphology, Systematics, Ecoloy. 379 pp. Biology Faculty, Moscow State University. Tovarishchestvo Nauchmikh Izdanii, KMK, Moscow, 370pp. ISBN 978-5-87317-410-2 (In Russian).

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Diarthrodes major (Scott T. & Scott A., 1895). 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:116572