Copepoda taxon details
Psammastacus Apostolov & Marinov, 1988
534124 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:534124)
accepted
Genus
Psammastacus confluens (Nicholls, 1935) (type by original designation)
- Species Psammastacus confluens (Nicholls, 1935)
- Species Psammastacus brevicaudatus Nicholls, 1935 accepted as Psammastacus confluens (Nicholls, 1935) (synonym according to Huys (1992))
- Species Psammastacus confluens Nicholls, 1935 accepted as Psammastacus confluens (Nicholls, 1935)
- Species Psammastacus spinicaudus Wells, 1967 accepted as Neopsammastacus spinicaudus (Wells, 1967)
marine
Apostolov, A. & T.M. Marinov. (1988). Copepoda Harpacticoida (morski kharpaktikoidi). [Copepoda, Harpacticoida (marine harpacticoids).]. <em>Fauna Bulgarica, Fauna Bolgarii. Izd. B'lg. Akad. Nauk, in Aedibus Academiae Scientiarum Bulgaricae, Sofia. Scient. Bulgaricae, Sofia.</em> 18:1-384. (Bulgarian.). [details] Available for editors 
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Taxonomy Psammastacus Nicholls, 1935 was unavailable. The name was made available by Apostolov & Marinov, 1988, when they designated...
Taxonomy Psammastacus Nicholls, 1935 was unavailable. The name was made available by Apostolov & Marinov, 1988, when they designated P. confluens as the type species. See Huys, 2009 for explanation. [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Psammastacus Apostolov & Marinov, 1988. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=534124 on 2026-02-20
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original description
Apostolov, A. & T.M. Marinov. (1988). Copepoda Harpacticoida (morski kharpaktikoidi). [Copepoda, Harpacticoida (marine harpacticoids).]. <em>Fauna Bulgarica, Fauna Bolgarii. Izd. B'lg. Akad. Nauk, in Aedibus Academiae Scientiarum Bulgaricae, Sofia. Scient. Bulgaricae, Sofia.</em> 18:1-384. (Bulgarian.). [details] Available for editors [request]
status source Huys, R. (2009). Unresolved cases of type fixation, synonymy and homonymy in harpacticoid copepod nomenclature (Crustacea: Copepoda). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2183:1-99., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2009/2/zt02183p099.pdf [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]status source Huys, R. (2009). Unresolved cases of type fixation, synonymy and homonymy in harpacticoid copepod nomenclature (Crustacea: Copepoda). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2183:1-99., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2009/2/zt02183p099.pdf [details] Available for editors
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Taxonomy Psammastacus Nicholls, 1935 was unavailable. The name was made available by Apostolov & Marinov, 1988, when they designated P. confluens as the type species. See Huys, 2009 for explanation. [details]
