Robertgurneya

Robertgurneya
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Maxillopoda
Subclass: Copepoda
Order: Harpacticoida
Family: Miraciidae
Genus: Robertgurneya
Apostolov & Marinov, 1988

Robertgurneya is a genus of copepods, containing the following species:[1]

  • Robertgurneya arabica (Noodt, 1964)
  • Robertgurneya brevipes Wells & Rao, 1987
  • Robertgurneya dactylifer (C. B. Wilson, 1931)
  • Robertgurneya dictydiophora (Monard, 1928)
  • Robertgurneya diversa Lang, 1965
  • Robertgurneya ecaudata (Monard, 1936)
  • Robertgurneya erythraea (A. Scott, 1902)
  • Robertgurneya falklandiensis (Lang, 1936)
  • Robertgurneya hopkinsi Lang, 1965
  • Robertgurneya ilievecensis (Monard, 1935)
  • Robertgurneya intermedia Bozic, 1955
  • Robertgurneya oligochaeta Noodt, 1955
  • Robertgurneya remanei Klie, 1950
  • Robertgurneya rostrata (Gurney, 1927)
  • Robertgurneya simulans (Norman & T. Scott, 1905)
  • Robertgurneya smithi Hamond, 1973
  • Robertgurneya soyeri Apostolov, 1974
  • Robertgurneya spinulosa (G. O. Sars, 1911)
  • Robertgurneya tenax (Brian, 1927)

Taxonomic history

The genus Robertgurneya was first diagnosed by Karl Georg Herman Lang in 1944,[2] with the name commemorating Robert Gurney.[3] Since Lang did not designate a type species, as required by the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature for generic names published since 1930, that name is not "available". The first authors to explicitly designate a type species were Apostolov & Marinov in 1988, and they are therefore considered the authors of the genus.[2]

References

  1. T. Chad Walter & Rony Huys (2009). T. C. Walter & G. Boxshall, ed. "Robertgurneya Lang, 1944". World Copepoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved September 14, 2010.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Rony Huys (2009). "Unresolved cases of type fixation, synonymy and homonymy in harpacticoid copepod nomenclature (Crustacea: Copepoda)" (PDF excerpt). Zootaxa Monograph 2183: 1–99. ISBN 978-1-86977-400-4. Author copy
  3. Hans G. Hansson. "Dr. Robert Gurney". Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names. Göteborgs Universitet. Retrieved September 14, 2010.