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

Pterinopsyllus illustris Giesbrecht, 1900

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pterinopsyllus*	Brady, 1880	accepted genus name
*Lophophorus*	Brady, 1878	synonym

Literature

original description	Giesbrecht, W. (1900). Mittheilungen über Copepoden 12-14. [Communications on Copepods 12-14.]. Mittheilungen aus der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel. 14(1):39-82, pls. 2-5. (14-vi-1900).
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	Kiefer, F. (1929). Crustacea Copepoda. 2. Cyclopoida Gnathostoma. Das Tierreich, Berlin und Leipzig. 53:1-102. [German].

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Pterinopsyllus illustris Giesbrecht, 1900. 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:106553