Epischura

Epischura
Male specimen of Epischura lacustris.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Copepoda
Order: Calanoida
Family: Temoridae
Genus: Epischura
S. A. Forbes, 1882
Synonyms
  • Scopiphora Pickering, 1844
  • Lamellipodia Schmeil, 1897

Epischura is a genus of copepods in the family Temoridae.

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Epischura:

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

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. Bibcode:2019MolPE.14006578B. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2019.106578. PMID 31401068. S2CID 199539779.