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Aphotopontius atlanteus Humes, 1996

135800  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135800)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Crustacea (Subphylum)
  5. Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  6. Copepoda (Class)
  7. Neocopepoda (Infraclass)
  8. Podoplea (Superorder)
  9. Siphonostomatoida (Order)
  10. Dirivultidae (Family)
  11. Aphotopontius (Genus)
  12. Aphotopontius atlanteus (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Humes, A.G. (1996). Deep-sea Copepoda (Siphonostomatoida) from hydrothermal sites on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge at 23(degree)W and 37(degree)N. Bulletin of Marine Science 58(3):609-653. (v.1996) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Aphotopontius atlanteus Humes, 1996. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135800 on 2025-04-08
Date
action
by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Boxshall, Geoff
2009-12-20 00:39:50Z
changed
Ho, Ju-shey

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Nomenclature

original description Humes, A.G. (1996). Deep-sea Copepoda (Siphonostomatoida) from hydrothermal sites on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge at 23(degree)W and 37(degree)N. Bulletin of Marine Science 58(3):609-653. (v.1996) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Aphotopontius temperatus Humes, 1997) Humes, A.G. (1997). Siphonostomatoid copepods from deep-sea hydrothermal sites on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge west of the Azores. Cahiers de Biologie Marine 38(2):63-77. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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: pp. 252-268 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

Other

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] 

additional source Humes, A.G. (1997). Siphonostomatoid copepods from deep-sea hydrothermal sites on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge west of the Azores. Cahiers de Biologie Marine 38(2):63-77. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
EMODnet BathymetrySource: EMODnet Bathymetry
Countries
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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To PESI 
To PESI (from synonym Aphotopontius temperatus Humes, 1997)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (5 records) (from synonym Aphotopontius temperatus Humes, 1997)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (7 records) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 268306) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 285469) (from synonym Aphotopontius temperatus Humes, 1997)
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