Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Peracarida > Order Isopoda > Suborder Epicaridea > Superfamily Bopyroidea > Family Bopyridae > Subfamily Athelginae > Genus Athelges

Athelges cladophorus Gerstaecker, 1862

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Athelges*	Gerstaecker, 1862	accepted genus name
*Athelgue*	Hesse, 1861	synonym

Species group names

*Athelgue lorifera*	Hesse, 1876	synonym

Literature

original description	Gerstaecker, A. (1862). Bericht über die wissenschaftlichen Leistungen im Gebiete der Entomologie wahrend des Jahres 1861. Wiegmanns Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 28 (2): 273-571.
basis of record	Markham, J.C. (2001). Isopoda, Epicaridea, Bopyridae, 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. 322.
additional source	Schotte, M., B.F. Kensley & S. Shilling. (1995 onwards). World list of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Crustacea Isopoda. National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution: Washington D.C., USA - no longer online. [website archived on 2018-01-25].
source of synonymy	Codreanu, R.; Codreanu, M.; Pike, R. B. (1965). Sur deux bopyriens parasites de pagures recueillis par M. A. Horridge dans la mer Rouge et sur leur asymetrie. Crustaceana. 9(3): 225-244.

Genbank

Citation

Boyko, C.B.; Bruce, N.L.; Hadfield, K.A.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B. (Eds) (2025). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Athelges cladophorus Gerstaecker, 1862. 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:118193