Quinquelaophonte xinzhengi

Quinquelaophonte xinzhengi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Harpacticoida

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Copepoda Infraclassis: Neocopepoda Superordo: Podoplea Ordo: Harpacticoida

Familia: Laophontidae
Genus: Quinquelaophonte
Species: Quinquelaophonte xinzhengi

Name

Quinquelaophonte xinzhengi Hou, Kou & Ma, 2025

ZooBank: 27373718-2780-4DAF-A238-623517C5B6C6.

Type locality: No. 2 Bathing Beach, 36.048333°N 120.341111°E / 36.048333; 120.341111, Qingdao, China, gravelly sand.

Holotype: MBM189284.

Paratypes: MBM189285–189289.

Etymology: named after Xin-Zheng Li.

References

• Hou, Z., Kou, Q., Ma, L. 2025. First Report of the Genus Quinquelaophonte Wells, Hicks and Coull, 1982 (Copepoda: Harpacticoida: Laophontidae) from China, with Description of a New Species. Biology 14(3): 271. DOI: 10.3390/biology14030271 . Reference page.  [4–13, figs. 1–8]

Links

• Quinquelaophonte xinzhengi Hou, Kou & Ma, 2025 in the World of Copepods, accessed on April 20, 2025

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