IRMNG - Macrochironidae Humes & Boxshall, 1996

IRMNG taxon details

Macrochironidae Humes & Boxshall, 1996

IRMNG_ID

106867 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:106867)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Cyclopoida

Direct children (6)

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Genus Macrochiron Brady, 1872
Genus Paramacrochiron Sewell, 1949
Genus Pseudomacrochiron Reddiah, 1969
Genus Sewellochiron Humes, 1969
Genus Macrocheiron Brady, 1872 accepted as Macrochiron Brady, 1872 (lapsus calami)
Genus Oncaeola Kramer, 1895 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, treated as a genus inquirendum by Boxshall & Halsey (2004))

Environment

marine

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Not documented

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark Poecilostomatoida in Martin & Davis

Taxonomic remark Poecilostomatoida in Martin & Davis [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2021). Macrochironidae Humes & Boxshall, 1996. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106867 on 2025-09-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-11-09 23:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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basis of record CoL2006/ITIS [details]

basis of record WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

current name source Boxshall & Halsey, 2004 [details]

extant flag source CoL2006/ITIS [details]

habitat flag source Boxshall & Halsey, 2004 [details]

Unreviewed

Classification Eukaryota (Superkingdom) > Animalia (Kingdom) > Eumetazoa (Subkingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Maxillopoda (Class) > Copepoda (Subclass) > Neocopepoda (Infraclass) > Podoplea (Superorder) > Cyclopoida (Order) > Macrochironidae (Family) [details]

Taxonomic remark Poecilostomatoida in Martin & Davis [details]

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