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

Nereicolidae Claus, 1875

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Anomopsyllus Sars G.O., 1921
Nereicola Keferstein, 1863
Selioides Levinsen, 1878
Selius Krøyer, 1837
Sigecheres Bresciani, 1964
Vectoriella Stock, 1968

Literature

original description	Claus, C. (1875). Neue Beiträge zur Kenntnis parasitischer Copepoden nebst Bemerkungen über das System derselben. [New contributions to the knowledge of parasitic copepods together with remarks on their system. Zeitschrift fur Wissenschaftliche Zoologie. 25(4):327-360, pls. 22-24.
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	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.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Nereicolidae Claus, 1875. 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:128583