WoRMS taxon details
Deoterthron Bradford & Hewitt, 1980
366583 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:366583)
accepted
Genus
Australotantulus Boxshall, 1988 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Species Deoterthron dentatum Bradford & Hewitt, 1980
- Species Deoterthron lincolni (Boxshall, 1988)
- Species Deoterthron aselloticola Boxshall & Lincoln, 1983 accepted as Doryphallophora aselloticola (Boxshall & Lincoln, 1983) (original combination)
- Species Deoterthron harrisoni Boxshall & Lincoln, 1987 accepted as Doryphallophora harrisoni (Boxshall & Lincoln, 1987) (original combination)
- Species Deoterthron megacephala Lincoln & Boxshall, 1983 accepted as Doryphallophora megacephala (Lincoln & Boxshall, 1983) (original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Bradford, J.M. & G.C. Hewitt. (1980). A new maxillopodan crustacean, parasitic on a myodocopid ostracod. <em>Crustaceana.</em> 38(1):67-72, figs. 1-2, tab. 1. (17-iii-1980)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/156854080x00427 [details] Available for editors 
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Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Deoterthron Bradford & Hewitt, 1980. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=366583 on 2026-05-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Bradford, J.M. & G.C. Hewitt. (1980). A new maxillopodan crustacean, parasitic on a myodocopid ostracod. <em>Crustaceana.</em> 38(1):67-72, figs. 1-2, tab. 1. (17-iii-1980)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/156854080x00427 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Australotantulus Boxshall, 1988) Boxshall, G.A. (1988). A new genus of tantulocaridan (Crustacea: Tantulocarida) parasitic on a harpacticoid copepod from Tasmania. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology 54(6):271-274., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.17600 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]original description (of Australotantulus Boxshall, 1988) Boxshall, G.A. (1988). A new genus of tantulocaridan (Crustacea: Tantulocarida) parasitic on a harpacticoid copepod from Tasmania. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology 54(6):271-274., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.17600 [details] Available for editors
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Boxshall, G.A. & R.J. Lincoln. (1983). Tantulocarida, a new class of Crustacea ectoparasitic on other crustaceans. <em>Journal of Crustacean Biology.</em> 3(1):1-16, figs. 1-5. (22-ii-1983)., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/1547849 [details] Available for editors [request]
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