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Epischura

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Epischura
Male specimen of Epischura lacustris.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Copepoda
Order: Calanoida
Family: Temoridae
Genus: Epischura
S. A. Forbes, 1882
Synonyms[1]
  • Scopiphora Pickering, 1844
  • Lamellipodia Schmeil, 1897

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

Species

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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]

References

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  1. ^ a b 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". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 140: 106578. Bibcode:2019MolPE.14006578B. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2019.106578. PMID 31401068. S2CID 199539779.