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
Subphylum: Crustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Hexanauplia
Subclassis: Copepoda
Infraclassis: Neocopepoda
Superordo: Podoplea
Ordo: Cyclopoida

Suborder: Cyclopida
Familia: Cyclopidae
Subfamilia: Halicyclopinae
Genus: Halicyclops
Species: Halicyclops ariakensis

Name

  • Halicyclops ariakensis Ueda & Nagai, 2009: 19, figs 6-7
Holotype: NSMT Cr-18241, ♀, dissected and mounted on three glass slides, 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 refers to the locality, to which the species is considered endemic.

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.
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