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Copepoda (copepod)

Taxonomy
Copepoda was named by Milne-Edwards,Milne-Edwards (1840). It is extant.

It was reranked as the subclass Copepoda by Martin and Davis (2001).

It was assigned to Maxillopoda by Martin and Davis (2001); to Arthropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Crustacea by Kiessling (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Copepoda Milne-Edwards,Milne-Edwards
2001Copepoda Martin and Davis p. 60
2002Copepoda Sepkoski, Jr.
2003Copepoda Kiessling

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