Mesocletodes simplex

Mesocletodes simplex

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Harpacticoida
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: Harpacticoida

Familia: Argestidae
Genus: Mesocletodes
Species: Mesocletodes simplex

Name

Mesocletodes simplex Gómez, 2018

ZooBank: 536B7890-8AB1-4FA5-884C-34A5C5895D5E

Holotype: ICML-EMUCOP-130207-01, female.

Type locality: Southern Trough of Guaymas Basin, Gulf of California, México (27°01'N, 110°53’04"W), 1642 m depth (see Fig. 1); coll. S. Gómez.

Etymology: from the Latin simplex (simple), referring to the simple (not bifurcated) dorsal process on the anal somite.

References

Primary references

• Gómez, S. 2018. New species of the genus Mesocletodes Sars, 1909 from the deep Gulf of California (Copepoda, Harpacticoida). ZooKeys 751: 75–112. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.751.20387. Reference page.  [original description]

Links

• Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2020). World of Copepods database. Mesocletodes simplex Go´mez, 2018. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1250435 on 2020-07-27

• BHL bibliography
• Mesocletodes simplex – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Mesocletodes simplex.
• ION

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