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

Donsiella limnoriae Stephensen, 1936

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Donsiella*	Stephensen, 1936	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Stephensen, K. (1936). Copepoda found on Limnoria lignorum. Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter, Trondheim 1935(39):1-10. (6-ii-1936)
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	Krishnaswamy, S. & L.T. Jones. (1958). Occurrence of Donsiella limnoriae Stephensen (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) in the Southampton area. Nature, London 181(4614):1016-1017. (5-iv-1958)
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Pinkster, S. (1968). Harpacticoid copepods living in wood infested by Limnoria from France. Bulletin Zoölogisch Museum, Universiteit van Amsterdam 1(6):53-65, figs. 1-11. (31-vii-1968)
redescription	Krishnaswamy, S. & L.T. Jones. (1962). Donsiella limnoriae Stephensen (Copepoda, Harpacticoida), a redescription. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (13)5:301-304, figs. 1-2. (15-xi-1962)

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Donsiella limnoriae Stephensen, 1936. 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:116581