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

Stephos cryptospinosus Zagami, Campolmi & Costanzo, 2000

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Stephos*	Scott T., 1892	accepted genus name
*Moebianus*	Giesbrecht, 1893	synonym

Literature

original description	Zagami, G., M. Campolmi & G. Costanzo. (2000). A new species of Stephos T. Scott, 1892 (Copepoda: Calanoida) from coastal waters of Sicily, Italy. Journal of Plankton Research 22(1):15-27.
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	Brylinski, J.M. & L. Courcot. (2019). Report of two Mediterranean species of Stephos T. Scott, 1892 (Copepoda: Calanoida) in the North-East Atlantic Ocean (Brittany, France), with a note on the "hyaline sheath" in the genus Stephos. Bioinvasions Records, 8(2): 357-368.
ecology source	Brun, P., M.R. Payne & T. Kiørboe. (2017). A trait database for marine copepods. Earth System Science Data. 9(1):99-113.

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Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Stephos cryptospinosus Zagami, Campolmi & Costanzo, 2000. 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:104864

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Environment

marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

IUCN:
Red List status LC 2009 This species is least concern and is widespread and abundant according to the red list of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.

This species is least concern and is widespread and abundant according to the red list of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.

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Last modified

2004-12-21 by Geoff Boxshall

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