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

Lichomolgidae Kossmann, 1877

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Astericola Rosoll, 1888
Epimolgus Bocquet & Stock, 1956
Herrmannella Canu, 1891
Heteranthessius Scott T., 1904
Lichomolgella Sars G.O., 1918
Lichomolgidium Kossmann, 1877
Lichomolgus Thorell, 1859
Modiolicola Aurivillius, 1883
Stellicola Kossmann, 1877
Zygomolgus Humes & Stock, 1972

Literature

original description	Kossmann, R. (1877). Zoologische Ergebnisse einer im Auftrage der Königlichen Academie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin ausgeführten Reise in die Küstengebiete des Rothen Meeres, Erste Hälfte: IV, Entomostraca (1. Thiel: Lichomolgidae. [Zoological results of a journey to the coastal regions of the Red Sea carried out on behalf of the Royal Academy of Sciences in Berlin, First half: IV, Entomostraca (1. Thiel: Lichomolgidae.]. In: Kossmann, R. (ed.). Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig. 4:1-24, pls. 1-6.
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	Canu, E. (1892). Les Copépodes du Boulonnais. Morphologie, embryologie, taxonomie. [Copepods of Boulogne. Morphology, embryology, taxonomy.]. Travaux du Laboratoire de Zoologie Maritime de Wimereux-Ambleteuse. 6:1-292, figs. 1-20, pls. 1-30.
additional source	Humes, A.G. (1990). Synopsis of lichomolgid copepods (Poecilostomatoida) associated with soft corals (Alcyonacea) in the tropical Indo-Pacific. Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden 266:1-201, figs. 1-99.
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	Claus, C. (1889). Ueber neue oder wenig bekannte halbparasitische Copepoden insbesondere der Lichomolgiden- und Ascomyzontiden-Gruppe. [On new or little known hemiparasitic copepods, especially of the lichomolgid and ascomyzontid groups.]. Arbeiten des Zoologischen Institut der Universitat Wien. 8(3):327-370, pls.
additional source	Costello, M.J., C. Emblow & R. White (EdS.). (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. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France. 463 pp.
additional source	Humes, A.G. (1992). Erratum. Copepoda associated with scleractinian corals on the Great Barrier Reef, northeastern Australia, with a key to the genera of the Lichomolgidae. Journal of Natural History 26(4):894.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Lichomolgidae Kossmann, 1877. 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:128577