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Laophontodes T. Scott 1894

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Genus Laophontodes T. Scott, 1894

The taxon comprises 14 species (cf. George & Gheerardyn 2015; George 2017). Type species: L. typicus T. Scott, 1894. Additional species: L. bicornis A. Scott, 1896, L. gracilipes Lang, 1936, L. hamatus (Thomson, 1882), L. horstgeorgei George & Gheerardyn, 2015, L. macclintocki Schizas & Shirley, 1994, L. mourois Arroyo, George, Benito & Maldonado, 2003, L. multispinatus Kornev & Chertoprud, 2008, L. ornatus Krishnaswamy, 1957, L. propinquus Brady, 1910, L. sabinegeorgeae George & Gheerardyn, 2015, L. spongiosus Schizas & Shirley, 1994, L. whitsoni T. Scott, 1912; species incertae sedis: L. antarcticus Brady, 1918. An amended generic diagnosis was recently provided by George & Gheerardyn (2015). The setation of swimming legs is summarized for all redescribed species in Table 1.

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Published as part of George, Kai Horst, 2018, Laophontodes typicus T. Scott (Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Laophontodinae) - discovering a species complex by morphology, pp. 1-43 in European Journal of Taxonomy 439 on page 4, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2018.439, http://zenodo.org/record/1255053

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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E55261227AFFFA6E4BFB596D4851ED

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Journal article: 10.5852/ejt.2018.439 (DOI)
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Biodiversity

Family
Ancorabolidae
Genus
Laophontodes
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Harpacticoida
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
T. Scott
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Laophontodes Scott, 1894 sec. George, 2018

References

  • Scott T. 1894. Additions to the fauna of the Firth of Forth. Part III. Annual Report of the Fishery Board for Scotland 12 (3): 231 - 271.
  • George K. H. & Gheerardyn H. 2015. Remarks on the genus Laophontodes T. Scott, 1894 (Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Ancorabolidae, Laophontodinae), including the (re-) description of four species. Zoologischer Anzeiger 259: 61 - 96. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / j. jcz. 2015.02.009
  • George K. H. 2017. Phylogeny of the taxon Paralaophontodes Lang (Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Laophontodinae), including species descriptions, chorological remarks, and a key to species. Zoosystematics and Evolution 93 (2): 211 - 241. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / zse. 93.11314
  • Schizas N. V. & Shirley T. C. 1994. Two new species of Laophontodes (Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Ancorabolidae) from McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. Zoologica Scripta 23 (3): 205 - 216. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1463 - 6409.1994. tb 00385. x
  • Arroyo N. L., George K. H., Benito J. & Maldonado M. 2003. A new species of Ancorabolidae (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) from the northern coast of Spain: Laophontodes mourois sp. n. Hydrobiologia 498 (1 - 3): 169 - 176. https: // doi. org / 10.1023 / A: 1026274531719
  • Kornev P. N. & Chertoprud E. S. 2008. Harpacticoid copepods from the White Sea: Morphology, Systematics, Ecology. KMK Scientific Press, Moscow.