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

Enteropsidae Aurivillius, 1885

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Family group names

*Enterocolidae*	Della Valle, 1883	synonym

Children

Enterocola Beneden, 1860
Enterocolides Chatton & Harant, 1922
Enteropsis Aurivillius, 1885
Lequerrea Chatton & Harant, 1924
Mychophilus Hesse, 1865

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
source of synonymy	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. Enteropsidae Aurivillius, 1885. 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:106418