North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS name details

Leimia Willey, 1923

AphiaID

157698 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157698)

Classification

Status

uncertain > taxon inquirendum (considered by Wells (2007) as genera incertae sedis)

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Leimia vaga Willey, 1923 (type by original designation)

Parent

Canthocamptinae incertae sedis

Original name

Leimia Willey, 1923

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Species Leimia vaga Willey, 1923 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Species Leimia dubia Wells, 1965 accepted as Boreolimella dubia (Wells, 1965)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Willey, A. (1923). Notes on the distribution of free-living Copepoda in Canadian waters. Contributions to Canadian Biology, New Series 1(16):303-334., available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/f22-016 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Leimia Willey, 1923. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=157698 on 2026-07-08

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Leimia Willey, 1923. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=157698 on 2026-07-08

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-24 07:32:08Z

created

Cuvelier, Daphne

2008-06-24 07:15:47Z

changed

Walter, T. Chad

2013-05-11 17:34:03Z

changed

Gaviria-Melo, Santiago

2013-05-13 07:42:11Z

changed

Gaviria-Melo, Santiago

2013-05-13 17:09:28Z

changed

Gaviria-Melo, Santiago

2015-07-13 11:03:02Z

changed

Walter, T. Chad

2023-02-19 17:20:45Z

changed

Walter, T. Chad

2023-04-13 11:33:15Z

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Walter, T. Chad

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Sources (3)
Links (2)

original description Willey, A. (1923). Notes on the distribution of free-living Copepoda in Canadian waters. Contributions to Canadian Biology, New Series 1(16):303-334., available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/f22-016 [details]

basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

additional source Wells, J.B.J. (2007). An annotated checklist and keys to the species of Copepoda Harpacticoida (Crustacea). Zootaxa 1568:1-872., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2007f/z01568p872f.pdf [details] Available for editors

3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Leimia

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