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

Notopterophorus papilio Hesse, 1864

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Notopterophorus*	Leuckart, 1859	accepted genus name
*Notopterophorus*	Costa O.G., 1838	synonym

Species group names

*Doropygus papilio*	(Hesse, 1864)	synonym
*Notopterophorus papilio papilio*	Hesse, 1864	synonym; alternate representation

Literature

original description	Hesse, E. (1864). Observations sur des Crustacés rares ou nouveaux des côtes de France (troisième article). [Observations on rare or new crustaceans from the coasts of France (third article).]. Annales des Sciences Naturelles Zoologie et Biologie Animale. (5)1: 333-358, pls. 11-12.
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 III & IV. Notodelphyidae (concluded), Doropygidae, Buproridae, Ascidicolidae). An Account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. Bergen Museum, Bergen. 8:33-68, pls. 17-32.
additional source	Illg, P.L. & P.L. Dudley. (1965). Notodelphyid copepods from the vicinity of Naples. Pubblicazioni della Stazione Zoologica di Napoli 34:373-451, figs. 1-21. (23-ii-1965)
additional source	Monniot, C. (1981). Description de Copépodes ascidicoles (Notodelphyidae et Ascidicolidae) de la pente continentale du golfe de Gascogne. [Description of ascidicolous copepods (Notodelphyidae and Ascidicolidae) from the continental slope of the Bay of Biscay.]. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, Section A, Zoologie, Biologie et Écologie Animales. (4)3:431-454.
redescription	Gotto, R.V. & L.T. Threadgold. (1980). Observations and speculations on the alate processes of the ascidicolous copepod Notopterophorus papilio (Cyclopoida: Notodelphyidae). Journal of Zoology, London 190(3):337-363, figs. 1-3, pls. 1-8. (11-iii-1980)

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Notopterophorus papilio Hesse, 1864. 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:106632