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

Scutellidium ligusticum (Brian, 1920)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Scutellidium*	Claus, 1866	accepted genus name
*Machairopus*	Brady, 1883	synonym
*Psamathe*	Philippi, 1840	synonym

Species group names

*Idya ligustica*	Brian, 1920	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	Noodt, W. (1955). Copepoda Harpacticoidea von Teneriffa (Kanarische Inseln). [Copepoda Harpacticoida from Tenerife (Canary Islands).]. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 154(9-10):200-222, figs. 1-32.
additional source	Vervoort, W. (1964). Free-living Copepoda from Ifaluk Atoll in the Caroline Islands with notes on related species. Bulletin. United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution: Washington, DC (USA). 236: 1-431.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Scutellidium ligusticum (Brian, 1920). 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:116646