Platycopia

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Platycopia

Genus of crustaceans

Platycopia is a genus of Arthropods in the family Platycopiidae. There are about eight described species in Platycopia.[1][2]

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Platycopia perplexa Sars, 1911

Species

These eight species belong to the genus Platycopia:

  • Platycopia compacta Ohtsuka, Soh & Ueda, 1998
  • Platycopia inornata Fosshagen, 1972
  • Platycopia orientalis Ohtsuka & Boxshall, 1994
  • Platycopia perplexa G. O. Sars, 1911
  • Platycopia pygmaea G. O. Sars, 1919
  • Platycopia robusta Andronov, 1985
  • Platycopia sarsi M. S. Wilson, 1946
  • Platycopia tumida (C. B. Wilson, 1935)

References

  1. [1]
    "Platycopia Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
  2. [2]
    "Platycopia". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-01-25.

Further reading

  • Fosshagen, Audun; Iliffe, Thomas M. (1985). "Two new genera of Calanoida and a new order of Copepoda, Platycopioida, from marine caves on Bermuda". Sarsia. 70 (4): 345–358. doi:10.1080/00364827.1985.10419688.


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