The World of Copepods - Scottopsyllus gigas (Wells, 1965)

Copepoda name details

Scottopsyllus gigas (Wells, 1965)

AphiaID

360578 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:360578)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (see Huys, 2009 - table 2)

Accepted name

Scottopsyllus (Wellsopsyllus) gigas (Wells, 1965) accepted as Wellsopsyllus (Wellsopsyllus) gigas (Wells, 1965)

Rank

Species

Parent

Scottopsyllus Apostolov & Marinov, 1988 accepted as Wellsopsyllus (Scottopsyllus) Apostolov & Marinov, 1988

Original name

Paramesochra gigas Wells, 1965

Environment

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

Original description

(of Paramesochra gigas Wells, 1965) Wells, J.B.J. (1965). Copepoda (Crustacea) from the meiobenthos of some Scottish marine sub-littoral muds. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Section B, Biological Sciences 69(1):1-33, figs. 1-110., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0080455x00010110
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Taxonomic citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2021). World of Copepods database. Scottopsyllus gigas (Wells, 1965). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=360578 on 2026-05-20

Taxonomic edit history

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2008-07-15 14:41:49Z

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Walter, T. Chad

2013-04-23 08:55:00Z

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Boxshall, Geoff

2019-06-24 16:37:35Z

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Walter, T. Chad

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original description (of Paramesochra gigas Wells, 1965) Wells, J.B.J. (1965). Copepoda (Crustacea) from the meiobenthos of some Scottish marine sub-littoral muds. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Section B, Biological Sciences 69(1):1-33, figs. 1-110., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0080455x00010110
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