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

Schizoproctus Aurivillius, 1885

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pteropygus*	Sars G.O., 1921	synonym

Children

Schizoproctus inflatus Aurivillius, 1885
Schizoproctus oligomerus Kim I.H. & Boxshall, 2021
Schizoproctus vestitus (Sars G.O., 1921)

Literature

original description	Aurivillius, C.W.S. (1885). Krustaceer hos Arktiska Tunicater. [Crustaceans in Arctic Tunicates.]. Vega Expeditionens Vetenskapligaiakttageiser bearbetade af deltagare i resan och andra forskare. Jakttag, Stockholm. 4:223-254, pls. 7-9.
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	Sars, G.O. (1921). Copepoda Monstrilloida and Notodelphyoida. Parts V & VI. Botryllophilidae, Enterocolidae, Supplement. An Account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. Bergen Museum, Bergen. 8:69-91, index, title, preface, pls. 33-37.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Schizoproctus 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:106427