| Robertgurneya | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Copepoda |
| Order: | Harpacticoida |
| Family: | Miraciidae |
| Subfamily: | Diosaccinae |
| Genus: | Robertgurneya Apostolov & Marinov, 1988 |
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Robertgurneya Lang, 1944 | |
Robertgurneya is a genus of copepods, containing the following species:
- 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, with the name commemorating Robert Gurney. 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.
References
- 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.
- ^ Rony Huys (2009). "Unresolved cases of type fixation, synonymy and homonymy in harpacticoid copepod nomenclature (Crustacea: Copepoda)" (PDF excerpt). Zootaxa. 2183: 1–99. ISBN 978-1-86977-400-4. Author copy
- Hans G. Hansson. "Dr. Robert Gurney". Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names. Göteborgs Universitet. Retrieved September 14, 2010.
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| Robertgurneya | |