Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Podoplea > Order Cyclopoida > Suborder Ergasilida

Herpyllobiidae Hansen, 1892

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Eurysilenium Sars M., 1870
Herpyllobius Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861
Phallusiella Leigh-Sharpe, 1926

Literature

original description	Hansen, H.J. (1892). Rhizorhina ampeliscae n. gen., n. sp. En ny til Herpyllobiidae n. fam., horende Copepod, snyltende paa Amp. laevigata Lilljeb. [Rhizorhina ampeliscae n. gen., n. sp. In the Herpyllobiidae n. fam., Copepod's nest, nesting at Amp. laevigata Lilljeb.]. Entomologische Mitteilungen. 3(5): 207-234, pl. 3.
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	Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA). 124 pp.
additional source	Lützen, J. (1966). The anatomy of the family Herypyllobiidae (parasitic copepods). Ophelia. 3(1): 45-64.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Herpyllobiidae Hansen, 1892. 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:128574