Halicyclops uncus

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 uncus

Name

• 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

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

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.