Mesocletodes unisetosus

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 unisetosus

Name

Mesocletodes unisetosus Gómez, 2018

ZooBank: CB4BE678-C76F-4D35-A3BD-300B3324F960

Holotype: ICML-EMUCOP-270800-04, male.

Type locality: Southern Carmen Basin, Gulf of California, México (25°54.7'N, 110°11'W), 2018 m depth (see Fig. 1); coll. S. Gómez.

Paratypes: ICML-EMUCOP-270800-03 (one male); ICML-EMUCOP-270800-05 (one male dissected).

Etymology: from the Latin prefix ūni (one) and Latin noun seta (hair), referring to the presence of one seta only on the endopodal lobe of the male P5.

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 unisetosus Go´mez, 2018. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1250436 on 2020-07-27

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