Copepoda taxon details
Apolethon Wells, 1967
149985 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:149985)
accepted
Genus
Apolethon fumator Wells, 1967 (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Wells, J.B.J. (1967). VII. The littoral Copepoda (Crustacea) of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.</em> 67(7):189-358, figs. 1-78, tabs. 1-8. [details] Available for editors 
Taxonomy Schizas & Shirley (2006) provide a detailed analysis and discussion on the relationships of Apolethon within the...
Taxonomy Schizas & Shirley (2006) provide a detailed analysis and discussion on the relationships of Apolethon within the superfamily Laophontoidea, and conclude that the genus should be placed as incertae sedis in Laophontoidea [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2024). World of Copepods Database. Apolethon Wells, 1967. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=149985 on 2024-04-18
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Wells, J.B.J. (1967). VII. The littoral Copepoda (Crustacea) of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.</em> 67(7):189-358, figs. 1-78, tabs. 1-8. [details] Available for editors
basis of record Bodin, P. (1997). Catalogue of the new marine Harpacticoid Copepods. <em>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.</em> 89: 1-304. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils.</em> pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.). [details] Available for editors
status source Schizas, N.V. & T.C. Shirley. (2006). Apolethon hippoperus (Copepoda: Harpacticoida): a new species from southeastern Alaska. Journal of Crustacean Biology 26(3):341-354. [details] Available for editors
basis of record Bodin, P. (1997). Catalogue of the new marine Harpacticoid Copepods. <em>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.</em> 89: 1-304. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils.</em> pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.). [details] Available for editors
status source Schizas, N.V. & T.C. Shirley. (2006). Apolethon hippoperus (Copepoda: Harpacticoida): a new species from southeastern Alaska. Journal of Crustacean Biology 26(3):341-354. [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Schizas & Shirley (2006) provide a detailed analysis and discussion on the relationships of Apolethon within the superfamily Laophontoidea, and conclude that the genus should be placed as incertae sedis in Laophontoidea [details]
