Halicyclops continentalis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cyclopoida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Copepoda Infraclassis: Neocopepoda Superordo: Podoplea Ordo: Cyclopoida

Suborder: Cyclopida
Familia: Cyclopidae
Subfamilia: Halicyclopinae
Genus: Halicyclops
Species: Halicyclops continentalis

Name

• Halicyclops continentalis Ueda & Nagai, 2009: 5, figs 2-3

Holotype: NSMT Cr-18237, ♀, dissected and mounted on two glass slides, 28 August 1997.

Type locality: Honmyo-gawa River mouth (32° 53’ 02” N, 130° 08’ 10” E) in a detention pond of Isahaya Bay, Kyushu, Japan.

Etymology: The specific epithet refers to the primary distribution of the species along the coast of the East Asian continent.

Mentions

• Halicyclops sinensis Tai and Chen, 1979: 313–315, figs. 176, 177.

References

• Ueda, H. & H. Nagai, 2009: Three new species of the brackish-water copepod Halicyclops (Crustacea, Cyclopoida) from Ariake Bay, Japan. Journal of natural history, 43(5-6): 287–307.