Copepoda taxon details
Loefflerella Rouch, 1962
347426 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:347426)
accepted
Genus
Loefflerella dentata Rouch, 1962 (type by original designation)
Lofflerella Rouchm, 1962 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling (Incorrect subsequent spelling in...)
Incorrect subsequent spelling in Lewis (1980)
- Species Loefflerella chilensis Löffler, 1966
- Species Loefflerella dentata Rouch, 1962
- Species Loefflerella rouchi Löffler, 1966
- Species Loefflerella trisetosa Löffler, 1966
- Species Loefflerella marchantiae Ebert, 1976 (unaccepted > nomen nudum, Thesis Manuscript name and taxa never published)
- Species Loefflerella neozelandica Lewis, 1980 (unaccepted > nomen nudum, described in a PhD thesis, but never published; incorrect subsequent spelling of the genus (Lofflerella) in Lewis (1980).)
- Species Loefflerella valdiviensis Ebert, 1976 (unaccepted > nomen nudum, Thesis Manuscript name and taxa never published)
Rouch, R. (1962). Harpacticoïdes (Crustacés Copépodes) d'Amérique du Sud. [Harpacticoids (Copepoda Crustacea) from South America.]. <em>In: Delamare, C. & E. Rapoport (eds.), Biologie de l'Amérique Australe. Vol. 1. Etudes sur la Faune du Sol Ed. Centre. Nat. Rech. Scient. Paris.</em> 1:237-280, figs. 1-116. [details] Available for editors 
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Taxonomic remark Rouch, R. 1962 described the genus as Löfflerella, which is improper and respelled as Loefferella
Taxonomic remark Rouch, R. 1962 described the genus as Löfflerella, which is improper and respelled as Loefferella [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Loefflerella Rouch, 1962. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=347426 on 2026-09-06
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Rouch, R. (1962). Harpacticoïdes (Crustacés Copépodes) d'Amérique du Sud. [Harpacticoids (Copepoda Crustacea) from South America.]. <em>In: Delamare, C. & E. Rapoport (eds.), Biologie de l'Amérique Australe. Vol. 1. Etudes sur la Faune du Sol Ed. Centre. Nat. Rech. Scient. Paris.</em> 1:237-280, figs. 1-116. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Ebert, S. (1976). Natürliches System und Biogeographie der Familie Canthocamptidae (Copepoda Harpacticoidea) am Beispiel neotropischer Taxa. [Systematics and biogeography of the Family Canthocamptidae (Copepoda Harpacticoidea)an example of neotropical taxa.]. <em>Ph.D. Thesis, Universität Christian-Albrechts, Kiel.</em> 335 pp. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Lewis, M.H. (1980). Systematic studies on the New Zealand freshwater Harpacticoida (Crustacea: Copepoda). <em>Ph.D. Thesis, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.</em> 314 pp., available online at https://hdl.handle.net/2292/1599 [details]
[request]additional source Ebert, S. (1976). Natürliches System und Biogeographie der Familie Canthocamptidae (Copepoda Harpacticoidea) am Beispiel neotropischer Taxa. [Systematics and biogeography of the Family Canthocamptidae (Copepoda Harpacticoidea)an example of neotropical taxa.]. <em>Ph.D. Thesis, Universität Christian-Albrechts, Kiel.</em> 335 pp. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Lewis, M.H. (1980). Systematic studies on the New Zealand freshwater Harpacticoida (Crustacea: Copepoda). <em>Ph.D. Thesis, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.</em> 314 pp., available online at https://hdl.handle.net/2292/1599 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Taxonomic remark Rouch, R. 1962 described the genus as Löfflerella, which is improper and respelled as Loefferella [details]
