Copepoda taxon details
Kensakia Harris V.A. & Iwasaki, 1997
347347 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:347347)
accepted
Genus
Kensakia aiiroa Harris V.A. & Iwasaki, 1997 (type by original designation)
- Species Kensakia acuta (Kim I.H. & Kim H.S., 1997)
- Species Kensakia acuticaudata (Thompson I.C. & Scott A., 1903)
- Species Kensakia aiiroa Harris V.A. & Iwasaki, 1997
- Species Kensakia australis Harris V.A., 2014
- Species Kensakia parva Harris V.A. & Iwasaki, 2009
- Species Kensakia shimodensis Harris V.A. & Iwasaki, 2009
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Harris, V.A. & N. Iwasaki. (1997). A new species of Porcellidium and two new genera belonging to the family Porcellidiidae (Crustacea, Copepoda, Harpacticoida) from Iwate Prefecture, Japan. Bulletin of the National Science Museum of Tokyo, Series A (Zoology) 23(3):131-147. (22.ix.1997) [details] Available for editors 
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Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Kensakia Harris V.A. & Iwasaki, 1997. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=347347 on 2026-01-03
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Harris, V.A. & N. Iwasaki. (1997). A new species of Porcellidium and two new genera belonging to the family Porcellidiidae (Crustacea, Copepoda, Harpacticoida) from Iwate Prefecture, Japan. Bulletin of the National Science Museum of Tokyo, Series A (Zoology) 23(3):131-147. (22.ix.1997) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Harris, V.A. (2014). Porcellidiidae of Australia (Harpacticoida, Copepoda). II. The importance of the male antennule in taxonomy. Records Of The Australian Museum. 66(2):111-166. 10.3853/j.2201-4349.66.2014.1595 APR 2 2014, available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.2201-4349.66.2014.1595 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Harris, V.A. (2014). Porcellidiidae of Australia (Harpacticoida, Copepoda). II. The importance of the male antennule in taxonomy. Records Of The Australian Museum. 66(2):111-166. 10.3853/j.2201-4349.66.2014.1595 APR 2 2014, available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.2201-4349.66.2014.1595 [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
