WoRMS name details

Wellsopsyllus gigas (Wells, 1965)

150183  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:150183)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Crustacea (Subphylum)
  5. Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  6. Copepoda (Class)
  7. Neocopepoda (Infraclass)
  8. Podoplea (Superorder)
  9. Harpacticoida (Order)
  10. Paramesochridae (Family)
  11. Paramesochrinae (Subfamily)
  12. Wellsopsyllus (Genus)
  13. Wellsopsyllus gigas (Species)
 unaccepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [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.
page(s): 14-17 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2024). World of Copepods Database. Wellsopsyllus gigas (Wells, 1965). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=150183 on 2025-01-04
Date
action
by
2005-04-01 10:30:46Z
created
Cuvelier, Daphne
2010-06-30 11:19:04Z
checked
Walter, T. Chad
2013-04-23 08:55:00Z
changed
Boxshall, Geoff

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original description 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. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [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.
page(s): 14-17 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record North Sea Benthos Survey (look up in IMIS) [details] 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
Unreviewed
Additional information Species was not found in following sources:

-Bodin, Ph. (1997). Catalogue of the new marine harpacticoid copepods.

-Lang, K. 1948. Monographie der Harpacticiden. Vols. 1,2.

-Huys, R. et al. (1996). Marine and brackish water harpacticoid copepods part 1: keys and notes for identification of the species. Synopses of the British fauna (new series), 51. Field Studies Council: Shrewsbury, UK. vii, 352 pp.

-Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe

-Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton (1997). The Species Directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum and Marine Conservation Society

-ITIS database

-North East Atlantic Taxa

-European Register of Marine Species [details]