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]

References

  1. 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)
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.

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