Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Podoplea > Order Cyclopoida > Suborder Cyclopida

Ascidicolidae Thorell, 1859

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Ascidicola Thorell, 1859
Bathycopola Kim I.H. & Boxshall, 2021
Styelicola Lützen, 1968

Literature

original description	Thorell, T. (1859). Bidrag till Kännedomen om Krustaceer, som lefva i arter af Slägtet Ascidia L. [Contribution to the Knowledge of Crustacea, which live in species of the Genus Ascidia L.]. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm. 3 (8):1-84, pls.1-15.
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	Canu, E. (1892). Les Copépodes du Boulonnais. Morphologie, embryologie, taxonomie. [Copepods of Boulogne. Morphology, embryology, taxonomy.]. Travaux du Laboratoire de Zoologie Maritime de Wimereux-Ambleteuse. 6:1-292, figs. 1-20, pls. 1-30.
additional source	Ooishi, S. (1991). North Pacific copepods (Cyclopoida: Ascidicolidae) associated mostly with compound ascidians. 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.:49-68.
additional source	Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA). 124 pp.
taxonomy source	Illg, P.L. & P.L. Dudley. (1980). The family Ascidicolidae and its subfamilies (Copepoda, Cyclopoida), with descriptions of new species. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, Série A, Zoologie 117:1-192, figs. 1-62. (13-vi-1980)

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Ascidicolidae Thorell, 1859. 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:106409