Platycopia Explained

Platycopia is a genus of Arthropods in the family Platycopiidae. There are about eight described species in Platycopia.

Species

These eight species belong to the genus Platycopia:

• Platycopia compacta Ohtsuka, Soh & Ueda, 1998
• Platycopia inornata Fosshagen, 1972
• Platycopia orientalis Ohtsuka & Boxshall, 1994
• Platycopia perplexa G. O. Sars, 1911
• Platycopia pygmaea G. O. Sars, 1919
• Platycopia robusta Andronov, 1985
• Platycopia sarsi M. S. Wilson, 1946
• Platycopia tumida (C. B. Wilson, 1935)

Further reading

• Two new genera of Calanoida and a new order of Copepoda, Platycopioida, from marine caves on Bermuda. 1985. Fosshagen . Audun. Iliffe . Thomas M.. Sarsia. 70. 4. 345–358. 10.1080/00364827.1985.10419688.