MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Emertonia major (Nicholls, 1939)

ERMS taxon details

Emertonia major (Nicholls, 1939)

AphiaID

724243 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:724243)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Emertonia Wilson C.B., 1932

Original name

Paramesochra major Nicholls, 1939

Synonymised names

Kliopsyllus major (Nicholls, 1939) · unaccepted

Environment

marine

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of ) Nicholls, A.G. (1939). Some New Sand-Dwelling Copepods. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 23(02): 327-341., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400013928
page(s): 336 (10 pdf) [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Emertonia major (Nicholls, 1939). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org//www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=724243 on 2026-07-08

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Emertonia major (Nicholls, 1939). Accessed at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=724243 on 2026-07-08

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2013-04-03 14:11:57Z

created

Boxshall, Geoff

2019-06-15 16:11:35Z

changed

Walter, T. Chad

2024-01-02 18:08:08Z

changed

Huys, Rony

2024-01-07 16:43:11Z

changed

Walter, T. Chad

Licensing

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original description (of ) Nicholls, A.G. (1939). Some New Sand-Dwelling Copepods. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 23(02): 327-341., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400013928
page(s): 336 (10 pdf) [details] Available for editors

basis of record 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

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

To PESI (from synonym Kliopsyllus major (Nicholls, 1939))
To PESI