Copepoda taxon details
Psammotopa Pennak, 1942
115318 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:115318)
accepted
Genus
Psammotopa vulgaris Pennak, 1942 (type by original designation)
Protoleptastacus Noodt, 1952 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Species Psammotopa biarticulata Mielke, 1990
- Species Psammotopa chappuisi Noodt, 1955
- Species Psammotopa phyllosetosa (Noodt, 1952)
- Species Psammotopa polyphylla Noodt, 1955
- Species Psammotopa trisetosa Mielke, 1995
- Species Psammotopa vulgaris Pennak, 1942
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Pennak, R.W. (1942). Harpacticoid copepods from some intertidal beaches near Woods Hole, Massachusetts. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 61(3):274-285, pls. 1-2. (vii-1942) [details] Available for editors 
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Taxonomy Willen, E. 2002 moved all genera of Diosaccidae into Miraciidae
Taxonomy Willen, E. 2002 moved all genera of Diosaccidae into Miraciidae [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Psammotopa Pennak, 1942. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=115318 on 2025-11-18
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Pennak, R.W. (1942). Harpacticoid copepods from some intertidal beaches near Woods Hole, Massachusetts. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 61(3):274-285, pls. 1-2. (vii-1942) [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Protoleptastacus Noodt, 1952) Noodt, W. (1952). Marine Harpacticiden (Cop.) aus dem eulitoralen Sandstrand der Insel Sylt. [Marine harpacticoids (Cop.) from the eulittoral sandy beach of the island of Sylt.]. <em>Abhandlungen Mathematisch.-Naturwissenschaftlichen Klasse Akademie Wissenschaftliche Mainz.</em> 1952(3):105-142, figs. 1-99. (27-ix-1952). [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Huys, R. (2001). Copepoda - Harpacticoida. <em>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.</em> 50:268-280. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source 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 [request]
source of synonymy Willen, E. (2002). Notes on the systematic position of the Stenheliinae (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) within the Thalestridimorpha and description of two new species from Motupore Island, Papua New Guinea. Cahiers de Biologie Marine 43(1): 27-42. [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]original description (of Protoleptastacus Noodt, 1952) Noodt, W. (1952). Marine Harpacticiden (Cop.) aus dem eulitoralen Sandstrand der Insel Sylt. [Marine harpacticoids (Cop.) from the eulittoral sandy beach of the island of Sylt.]. <em>Abhandlungen Mathematisch.-Naturwissenschaftlichen Klasse Akademie Wissenschaftliche Mainz.</em> 1952(3):105-142, figs. 1-99. (27-ix-1952). [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Huys, R. (2001). Copepoda - Harpacticoida. <em>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.</em> 50:268-280. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source 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
[request]source of synonymy Willen, E. (2002). Notes on the systematic position of the Stenheliinae (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) within the Thalestridimorpha and description of two new species from Motupore Island, Papua New Guinea. Cahiers de Biologie Marine 43(1): 27-42. [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Taxonomy Willen, E. 2002 moved all genera of Diosaccidae into Miraciidae [details]
