Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Gymnoplea > Order Calanoida > Family Pontellidae

Labidocera Lubbock, 1853

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Labidocera acuta (Dana, 1849-1852)
Labidocera acutifrons (Dana, 1849-1852)
Labidocera aestiva Wheeler, 1900
Labidocera brunescens (Czerniavsky, 1868)
Labidocera detruncata (Dana, 1849-1852)
Labidocera kroyeri (Brady, 1883)
Labidocera madurae Scott A., 1909
Labidocera nerii (Krøyer, 1849)
Labidocera orsinii Giesbrecht, 1889
Labidocera pavo Giesbrecht, 1889
Labidocera wollastoni (Lubbock, 1857)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ラビドケラ属

Literature

original description	Lubbock, J. (1853). Description of a new genus of Calanidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (2)11:25-29, pl. 1. (i-1853).
basis of record	Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 252-268
additional source	Abo-Taleb, H.A. (2019). Key to the Red Sea Labidocera (Crustacea; Calanoida: Pontellidae) copepods, the distribution of the species in various habitats, with special reference to two new records, and a historical correction. Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Research. 45(4):367-374 Dec 2019.
additional source	Ferrari, F.D. (1991). Using patterns of appendage development to group taxa of Labidocera, Diaptomidae and Cyclopidae (Copepoda). In: Uye, S.I., S. Nishida & J.S. Ho (eds.). Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Copepoda. Bulletin of Plankton Society of Japan, Special Volume: Special vol.:115-128, fig.1, tabs. 1-13.
additional source	Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Labidocera Lubbock, 1853. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104208