Mesocletodes unisetosus

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.
• ION

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