The World of Copepods - Megacolax Izawa, 2021

Copepoda taxon details

Megacolax Izawa, 2021

AphiaID

1539419 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1539419)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Bomolochidae Claus, 1875

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Species Megacolax insolitus (Ho & Lin, 2003) Izawa, 2021

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Grammatical gender

masculine

Original description

Izawa, K. (2021). Description of Megacolax gen. nov. and redescription of Megacolax insolitus (Ho & Lin, 2003) (Copepoda, Cyclopoida, Bomolochidae) parasitic in the nasal cavity of the silver pomfret Pampus argenteus (Euphrasen, 1788) (Pisces, Stromateidae). <em>Crustaceana (Leiden).</em> 94(7):845-853., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/15685403-bja10129 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2024). World of Copepods Database. Megacolax Izawa, 2021. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1539419 on 2024-04-30

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2021-09-07 14:32:00Z

created

Bernot, James

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Sources (1)

original description Izawa, K. (2021). Description of Megacolax gen. nov. and redescription of Megacolax insolitus (Ho & Lin, 2003) (Copepoda, Cyclopoida, Bomolochidae) parasitic in the nasal cavity of the silver pomfret Pampus argenteus (Euphrasen, 1788) (Pisces, Stromateidae). <em>Crustaceana (Leiden).</em> 94(7):845-853., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/15685403-bja10129 [details] Available for editors