Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Podoplea > Order Harpacticoida > Family Canthocamptidae > Subfamily Hemimesochrinae > Genus Itunella

Itunella muelleri (Gagern, 1923)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Itunella*	Brady, 1896	accepted genus name
*Paramoraria*	Gagern, 1923	synonym

Species group names

*Paramoraria muelleri*	Gagern, 1923	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Huys, R. (2001). Copepoda - Harpacticoida. In: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds.) 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. 50:268-280.
additional source	Kornev, P.N. & E.C. Chertoprud. (2008). Copepod Crustaceans of the Order Harpactiocida of the White Sea. Morphology, Systematics, Ecoloy. 379 pp. Biology Faculty, Moscow State University. Tovarishchestvo Nauchmikh Izdanii, KMK, Moscow, 370pp. ISBN 978-5-87317-410-2 (In Russian).
additional source	Steinarsdóttir, M.B. & A. Ingólfsson. (2004). Itunella muelleri (Harpacticoida: Canthocamptidae): a marine species with preferences for the upper part of the littoral fringe. Journal of Crustacean Biology. 24(3):440-446.
additional source	Kiefer, F. (1960). Psammobionte Ruderfusskrebse (Crust. Cop.) aus dem Gebiet der Unterweser und von der Insel Helgoland. [Psammobiont copepods (Crust. Cop.) from the Lower Weser region and from the island of Heligoland. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 165(1-2):30-36, figs. 1-39. (vii-1960).
additional source	Apostolov, A. (1973). Sur divers Harpacticoïdes (Copépodes) de la mer Noire. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 190(1-2):88-110, figs. 1-22. (i/ii-1973).
additional source	Dussart, B.H. (1967). Les Copépodes des eaux continentales d'Europe occidentale. Tome I: Calanoïdes et Harpacticoïdes. [Copepods of the continental waters of Western Europe. Volume I: Calanoids and Harpacticoids.]. N. Boubée et Cie, Paris. 500 pp.
additional source	Noodt, W. (1955). Sandstrand-Copepoden von der schwedischen Ostküste. Smärre Undersökingar Över Öresund. 17. [Sand beach copepods from the Swedish east coast. Smärre Undersökingar Över Öresund. 17.]. Kunglige Fysiografiska Sällskapets i Lund Förhandlingar. 24(19):1-8, figs. 1-11. (3-ii-1955) [for 1954].
additional source	Steinarsdottir, M. & A. Ingolfsson. (2011). Metabolic activity, reproduction and survival of the high littoral fringe copepod Itunella muelleri (Harpacticoida: Canthocamptidae) at different combinations of salinities and temperatures. Journal of Crustacean Biology. 31(2):364-366.
additional source	Apostolov, A. & T.M. Marinov. (1988). Copepoda Harpacticoida (morski kharpaktikoidi). Copepoda, Harpacticoida (marine harpacticoids). Fauna Bulgarica, Fauna Bolgarii. Izd. B'lg. Akad. Nauk, in Aedibus Academiae Scientiarum Bulgaricae, Sofia. Scient. Bulgaricae, Sofia. 18:1-384. (Bulgarian.).
additional source	Marinov, T. (1971). Kharpatikoidi ot b'lgarskoto kraibrezhnie na Cherno more.[ Harpacticoides of the Bulgarian Black Sea coast.]. Izvestiya Naucnoizslegdovatelskiya Institut Ribini Stop. Okeanologiya, Varna. 11: 43-87, figs. 1-39. (17-xii-1971, Bulgarian with English and Russian summaries).
additional source	Pesta, O. (1932). Krebstiere oder Crustacea. I: Ruderfüsser oder Copepoda. 3. Unterordnung: Harpacticoida (1. und 2. Hälfte). [Crustaceans or Crustacea. I: Copepods. 3. Suborder: Harpacticoida (1st and 2nd half)]. In: Dahl, F. (ed.). Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und der Angrenzenden Meeresteile nach Ihren Merkmalen und nach Ihrer Lebensweise. Jena. 24:1-164, figs. 1-72, 1-92.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Itunella muelleri (Gagern, 1923). 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:115694

Dr. Geoffrey Boxshall. Itunella muelleri (Gagern, 1923). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/ae6a1f70-762a-401c-8cf8-a59aed5ba38a