North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Arenopontia Kunz, 1937

Arenopontia subterranea,

AphiaID

115220 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:115220)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Arenopontia subterranea Kunz, 1937 (type by original designation)

Parent

Arenopontiinae Martinez Arbizu & Moura, 1994

Original name

Arenopontia Kunz, 1937

Synonymised names

Arenopontia (Arenopontia) Kunz, 1937 · unaccepted

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Species Arenopontia nesaie Cottarelli, 1975
Species Arenopontia problematica Masry, 1970
Species Arenopontia subterranea Kunz, 1937
Subgenus Arenopontia (Arenopontia) Kunz, 1937 accepted as Arenopontia Kunz, 1937
1. Species Arenopontia (Arenopontia) nesaie Cottarelli, 1975 accepted as Arenopontia nesaie Cottarelli, 1975
2. Species Arenopontia (Arenopontia) problematica Masry, 1970 accepted as Arenopontia problematica Masry, 1970
3. Species Arenopontia (Arenopontia) stygia Noodt, 1955 accepted as Psammoleptastacus stygius (Noodt, 1955)
4. Species Arenopontia (Arenopontia) subterranea Kunz, 1937 accepted as Arenopontia subterranea Kunz, 1937
Subgenus Arenopontia (Neoleptastacus) Nicholls, 1945 accepted as Neoleptastacus Nicholls, 1945

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Kunz, H. (1937). Zur Kenntnis der Harpacticoiden des Kustengrundwassers der Kieler Forde. (Studien an marinen Copepoden. I). Kieler Meeresforschungen. 2(1):95-115, figs. 1-51. (x-1937). (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 107 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Arenopontia Kunz, 1937. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=115220 on 2026-08-22

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Arenopontia Kunz, 1937. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=115220 on 2026-08-22

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Huys, Rony

2005-04-01 10:30:46Z

changed

Cuvelier, Daphne

2010-07-02 18:56:27Z

checked

Walter, T. Chad

2015-02-23 08:14:28Z

changed

Walter, T. Chad

2020-10-11 10:03:02Z

changed

Walter, T. Chad

2024-08-21 16:41:08Z

changed

Gómez-Noguera, Samuel Enrique

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original description Kunz, H. (1937). Zur Kenntnis der Harpacticoiden des Kustengrundwassers der Kieler Forde. (Studien an marinen Copepoden. I). Kieler Meeresforschungen. 2(1):95-115, figs. 1-51. (x-1937). (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 107 [details] Available for editors

original description (of Arenopontia (Arenopontia) Kunz, 1937) Kunz, H. (1937). Zur Kenntnis der Harpacticoiden des Kustengrundwassers der Kieler Forde. (Studien an marinen Copepoden. I). Kieler Meeresforschungen. 2(1):95-115, figs. 1-51. (x-1937). (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

basis of record Huys, R. (2001). Copepoda - Harpacticoida. In: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds.) European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50:268-280. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Bodin, P. (1997). Catalogue of the new marine Harpacticoid Copepods. Studiedocumenten van het K.B.I.N. = Documents de Travail de l'I.R.Sc.N.B., 89. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 89: 1-304. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 107 [details] Available for editors

additional source Lang, K. (1965). Copepoda Harpacticoida from the Californian Pacific coast. Kungliga Svenska Vetensk-Akademiens Handlingar, Fjarde Serien. Almquist & Wiksell, Stockholm. 10(2):1-560, figs. 1-303, pls. 1-6. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Sak, S. (2004). Arenopontiidae (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) familyasinin taksonomisi ve filogenisi. [Taxonomy and phylogeny of the family Arenopontiidae (Copepoda: Harpacticoida).]. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Balikesir, Turkey. 312 pp. [details] Available for editors

additional source Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils. pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.). [details] Available for editors

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Arenopontia subterranea,

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