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

Mytilicolidae Bocquet & Stock, 1957

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Mytilicola Steuer, 1902
Trochicola Dollfus, 1914

Literature

original description	Bocquet, C. & J.H. Stock. (1957). Copépodes parasites d'invertébrés des côtes de France. III. [Notes taxonomiques et écologiques sur la famille des Mytilicolidae.]. Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, Series C, Biological Sciences, Amsterdam. 60(2):233-239, figs. 6-7.
original description	Bocquet, C. & J.H. Stock. (1957). Copépodes parasites d'invertébrés des côtes de France. II. [Notes taxonomiques et écologiques sur la famille des Mytilicolidae.]. Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, Series C, Biological Sciences, Amsterdam. 60(2):223-232, figs. 1-5.
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	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.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Mytilicolidae Bocquet & Stock, 1957. 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:128582