Gaussia (copepod)
For the genus of palms, see Gaussia (plant).
| Gaussia | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Maxillopoda |
| Subclass: | Copepoda |
| Order: | Calanoida |
| Family: | Metridinidae |
| Genus: | Gaussia Wolfenden, 1905 |
| Type species | |
| Pleuromma princeps T. Scott, 1894 | |
Gaussia is a genus of copepods. It is a "characteristic genus of the mesopelagial", occurring at depths of 0–3,000 metres (0–9,843 ft).[1] The genus Gaussia contains the following species:[2]
- Gaussia asymmetrica T. K. S. Björnberg & Campaner, 1988
- Gaussia gadusae Sarkar, 2004
- Gaussia intermedia Defaye, 1998
- Gaussia melanotica Wolfenden, 1905
- Gaussia princeps (T. Scott, 1894) (type species)[3][4]
- Gaussia sewelli Saraswathy, 1973
References
- ↑ Tagea K. S. Björnberg & Antonio Frederico Campaner (1988). G. A. Boxshall & H. K. Schminke, ed. "Biology of Copepods". Hydrobiologia. 167–168 (1): 351–356. doi:10.1007/BF00026324.
|chapter=ignored (help) - ↑ Juliana Kouwenberg & Geoff Boxshall (2011). T. Chad Walter & Geoff Boxshall, ed. "Gaussia Wolfenden, 1905". World Copepoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved July 29, 2011.
- ↑ Tagea K. S. Björnberg & Antonio F. Campaner (1990). "On the genus Gaussia and the species G. asymmetrica (Copepoda, Calanoida)". Crustaceana 58 (1): 106–112. doi:10.1163/156854090x00822. JSTOR 20104529.
- ↑ International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1990). "Opinion 1590. Pleuromma princeps Scott, 1894 (currently Gaussia princeps; Crustacea, Copepoda): specific name conserved". Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 47 (2): 145–146.
External links
Data related to Gaussia at Wikispecies
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