Halicyclops uncus

Taxonavigation

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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 uncus

Name

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  • Halicyclops uncus Ueda & Nagai, 2009: 11, figs 4-5
Holotype: NSMT Cr-18239, ♀, dissected and mounted on three glass slides, collected from Kashimagawa River estuary on 14 March 2002.
Type locality: Kashima-gawa River estuary (33° 06' 37” N, 130° 04’ 13” E) in Ariake Bay, Kyushu, Japan. The salinity was 2 psu.
Etymology: The specific epithet uncus, meaning “hook” in Latin, refers to the shape of acute protuberance on the genital double-somite.

Mentions

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  • Halicyclops japonicus, Ishida, 2002: 41–42, figs. 1a-e.

References

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  • 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.