MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Apodopsyllus Huys, 2009

ERMS taxon details

Apodopsyllus Huys, 2009

AphiaID

534146 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:534146)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Paramesochrinae Lang, 1944

Original name

Apodopsyllus Huys, 2009

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Species Apodopsyllus africanus Kunz, 1962
Species Apodopsyllus arenicolus (Chappuis, 1954)
Species Apodopsyllus littoralis (Nicholls, 1939)
Species Apodopsyllus lynceorum Cottarelli, 1973
Species Apodopsyllus madrasensis (Krishnaswamy, 1951)
Species Apodopsyllus melitae Kunz, 1992
Species Apodopsyllus perplexus (Wells, 1963)
Species Apodopsyllus spinipes (Nicholls, 1939)
Species Apodopsyllus arenicola (Chappuis, 1954) accepted as Apodopsyllus arenicolus (Chappuis, 1954) (emended)
Species Apodopsyllus reductus (Petkovski, 1955) accepted as Apodopsyllus perplexus (Wells, 1963) (original combination preoccupied - name replaced)

Environment

marine

Original description

Kunz, H. (1962). Revision der Paramesochridae (Crust. Copepoda). Kieler Meeresforschungen. 18(2):245-257, figs. 1-34.
page(s): 254 (12 pdf) [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Apodopsyllus Huys, 2009. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=534146 on 2026-08-07

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Apodopsyllus Huys, 2009. Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org//data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=534146 on 2026-08-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-10-17 15:51:20Z

created

Boxshall, Geoff

2015-06-18 09:53:59Z

changed

Walter, T. Chad

2015-09-29 10:46:35Z

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Walter, T. Chad

2019-05-26 16:55:40Z

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Walter, T. Chad

2024-01-03 13:02:24Z

changed

Huys, Rony

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original description Kunz, H. (1962). Revision der Paramesochridae (Crust. Copepoda). Kieler Meeresforschungen. 18(2):245-257, figs. 1-34.
page(s): 254 (12 pdf) [details] Available for editors

additional source Huys, R. (2009). Unresolved cases of type fixation, synonymy and homonymy in harpacticoid copepod nomenclature (Crustacea: Copepoda). Zootaxa. 2183:1-99., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2009/2/zt02183p099.pdf [details] Available for editors

additional source Packmor, J., F. Müller & K.H. George. (2015). Oceanic islands and seamounts as staging posts for Copepoda Harpacticoida (Crustacea) - Shallow-water Paramesochridae Lang, 1944 from the North-East Atlantic Ocean, including the redescription of three species and one subspecies from the Madeiran Archipelago. Progress In Oceanography. 131:59-81., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2014.11.012 [details] Available for editors

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