Copepoda taxon details
Wellsopsyllus (Wellsopsyllus) gigas (Wells, 1965)
729901 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:729901)
accepted
Species
Kliopsyllus gigas (Wells, 1965) · unaccepted
Paramesochra gigas Wells, 1965 · unaccepted
Scottopsyllus (Wellsopsyllus) gigas (Wells, 1965) · unaccepted
Scottopsyllus gigas (Wells, 1965) · unaccepted (see Huys, 2009 - table 2)
Wellsopsyllus gigas (Wells, 1965) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh
(of Wellsopsyllus 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 [details] Available for editors 
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(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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(of Kliopsyllus 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 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request](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
page(s): 14-17 [details] Available for editors
[request](of Kliopsyllus 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 [details] Available for editors
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Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Wellsopsyllus (Wellsopsyllus) gigas (Wells, 1965). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=729901 on 2026-05-08
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(of Wellsopsyllus 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 [details] Available for editors [request]
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
page(s): 14-17 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Kliopsyllus 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 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]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
page(s): 14-17 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Kliopsyllus 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 [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To PESI (from synonym Scottopsyllus (Wellsopsyllus) gigas (Wells, 1965))
To PESI (from synonym Scottopsyllus gigas (Wells, 1965))
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Scottopsyllus gigas (Wells, 1965))
To PESI