Epischura

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Epischura
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Male specimen of Epischura lacustris .
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Copepoda
Order: Calanoida
Family: Temoridae
Genus: Epischura
S. A. Forbes, 1882
Synonyms [1]
  • ScopiphoraPickering, 1844
  • LamellipodiaSchmeil, 1897

Epischura is a genus of copepods in the family Temoridae. [1]

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Epischura: [2]

It has recently been proposed that Epischura is parapheletic with respect to Heterocope and that the Siberian species, Epischura baikalensis and Epischurella chankensis, be moved to the resurrected genus Epischurella . [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 T. Chad Walter (2011). Walter TC, Boxshall G (eds.). "Epischura S. A. Forbes, 1882". World of Copepods database. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved February 5, 2012.
  2. ↑ World of Copepods Database. Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (eds.). "Epischura S. A. Forbes, 1882". World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  3. ↑ Bowman, Larry L.; MacGuigan, Daniel J.; Gorchels, Madeline E.; Cahillane, Madeline M.; Moore, Marianne V. (2019). "Revealing paraphyly and placement of extinct species within Epischura (Copepoda: Calanoida) using molecular data and quantitative morphometrics" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 140: 106578. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2019.106578. PMID   31401068. S2CID   199539779.


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