Taxonavigation

Familia: Tegastidae
Genus: Parategastes
Species: P. caprinus – P. chalmersi – P. coetzeei – P. conexus – P. haphe – P. herteli – P. longimana – P. pholpunthini – P. similis

Name

Parategastes G.O. Sars, 1904

ZooBank: 6A656237-099C-44CB-9950-F79E492AE691

Type species: Amymone sphaerica Claus, 1863 (type by original designation)

Etymology: From Ancient Greek παρά (pará, next to) + the genus name Tegastes, referring to the fact that the species has a general form of body resembling the genus Tegastes.

References

• Sars, G.O. 1904. Copepoda Harpacticoida. Parts V & VI. Harpacticidae (concluded), Peltidiidae, Tegastidae, Porcellidiidae, Idyidae (part). An Account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. Bergen Museum. 5:57-80, pls. 33-48. BHL Reference page.  [see pages 72-73]

• Saetang, T., Maiphae, S. 2015. A new species of Parategastes Sars, 1904 from the Thale Noi Lake, southern Thailand (Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Tegastidae). Zoosystematics and evolution. 91(2): 167-176. DOI: 10.3897/ZSE.91.5283 Reference page.  [diagnosis and description of a new species]

Links

• Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2020). World of Copepods database. Parategastes Sars G.O., 1904. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=115445 on 2020-07-06
• BHL bibliography
• Hassler, M. {{{1}}}. Parategastes. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. {{{1}}}. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: {{{1}}} {{{2}}} {{{3}}}. Reference page. 
• Parategastes – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Parategastes.
• ION

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