Karllangia

Karllangia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Maxillopoda
Subclass: Copepoda
Order: Harpacticoida
Family: Parastenheliidae
Genus: Karllangia
Noodt, 1964
Type species
Karllangia arenicola
Noodt, 1964 [1]

Karllangia is a genus of marine copepods. Its name commemorates the Swedish carcinologist Karl Georg Herman Lang.[2] The genus contains five species:[3]

References

  1. Rony Huys (2009). "Unresolved cases of type fixation, synonymy and homonymy in harpacticoid copepod nomenclature (Crustacea: Copepoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2183: 1–99. ISBN 978-1-86977-399-1.
  2. Åke Andersson & F. D. Por (1977). "Karl Georg Herman Lang (1901–1976)". Crustaceana. 33 (2): 210–214. doi:10.1163/156854077X00124. JSTOR 20103218.
  3. T. Chad Walter (2008). T. C. Walter & G. Boxshall, eds. "Karllangia Noodt, 1964". World of Copepods database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved March 2, 2010.


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