Kikuchicamptus

Kikuchicamptus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Copepoda
Order:	Harpacticoida
Family:	Canthocamptidae
Genus:	Kikuchicamptus Novikov & Sharafutdinova, 2022 [1]

Kikuchicamptus is a genus of copepods in the family Canthocamptidae. ^[1] The type species is Kikuchicamptus mirabilis ^[1] The genus was first described in 2022 by Alexander Alexeevich Novikov and Dayana Sharafutdinova. ^{[1] [2]} The genus name honours Yoshiaki Kikuchi, a copepod specialist. ^[2]

Species

Species accepted by WoRMS are: ^[1]

• Kikuchicamptus coreensis (Chang, 2002)
• Kikuchicamptus incurvisetosus (Chang & Ishida, 2001)
• Kikuchicamptus mirabilis (Sterba, 1968)
• Kikuchicamptus morimotoi (Miura, 1969)
• Kikuchicamptus odaeensis (Chang & Ishida, 2001)
• Kikuchicamptus prominulus (Kikuchi in Kikuchi & Ishida, 1994)
• Kikuchicamptus resupinatus (Ishida in Kikuchi & Ishida, 1994)
• Kikuchicamptus semicirculus (Kikuchi in Kikuchi & Ishida, 1994)
• Kikuchicamptus tomikoae (Ishida in Kikuchi & Ishida, 1994)

Distribution

The species of this genus are found in the freshwater ^[1] streams and lakes of far-east Russia, China, Japan and Korea. ^[2]

References

1. "Kikuchicamptis". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 2025-04-01.
2. Aleksandr Novikov; Dayana Sharafutdinova (23 June 2022). "Revision of the genus Canthocamptus (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) with a description of a new species from the Lena River Delta (North-eastern Siberia)". European Journal of Taxonomy . 826: 33–63. doi:10.5852/EJT.2022.826.1833. ISSN   2118-9773. S2CID   249999508. Wikidata   Q114725041.