Quinquelaophonte enormis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Harpacticoida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa 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: Laophontidae
Genus: Quinquelaophonte
Species: Quinquelaophonte enormis

Name

Quinquelaophonte enormis Kim, Nam & Lee, 2020

ZooBank: 7094B4E4-DE75-4C9B-8746-F02EB077B579.

Type locality: Sandy shore in Gijang, Busan, east coast of Korea, 35°16′04″N 129°14′40″E / 35.267764°N 129.244367°E / 35.267764; 129.244367.

Holotype: NIBRIV0000865933, 1♀ on a slide, collected on 13 April 2017.

Paratypes: NIBRIV0000865934; NIBRIV0000865935; NIBRIV0000865936; NIBRIV0000865937; NIBRIV0000865938; NIBRIV0000865939; NIBRIV0000865940–0000865945; NIBRIV0000865946; NIBRIV0000865947–0000865949.

Synonymy

Quinquelaophonte enormis Kim, Nam & Lee, 2020: 6–21, figs. 1–8; — Hou, Kou & Ma, 2025: 13, fig. 9.

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.
Kim, J., Nam, E., Lee, W. 2020. Quinquelaophonte enormis sp. nov., a new interstitial copepod (Harpacticoida: Laophontidae) from Korea. PeerJ. 8: e10007. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.10007 Reference page.

Links

Quinquelaophonte enormis Kim J., Nam & Lee, 2020 in the World of Copepods, accessed on April 20, 2025