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

Philichthyidae Vogt, 1877

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Colobomatoides Essafi & Raibaut, 1980
Colobomatus Hesse, 1873
Leposphilus Hesse, 1866
Lernaeascus Claus, 1886
Philichthys Steenstrup, 1862
Sarcotaces Olsson, 1872
Sphaerifer Richiardi, 1876

Literature

original description	Vogt, C. (1877). Recherches cotières. De la famille des Philichthydes et en particulier du Léposphile des Labres (Leposphilus labrei Hesse). Première section. De la famille des Lernaeopodides. [Coastal research. Of the Philichthydes family and in particular of the Leposphilus labrei Hesse. First section. Of the Lernaeopodides family.]. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale. 6:385-456. (Also Mémoires de l'Institut Natona; Genevis 13:5-102, pl. 3-8.).
additional source	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	Kabata, Z. (1988). Copepoda and Brachiura. In: Margolis, L. & Z. Kabata (eds.). Guide to the parasites of fishes of Canada. Part II. Crustacea. Canadian Special Publication in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 101:3-127, figs. 1-53. (French summary).
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	Kabata, Z. (1979). Parasitic Copepoda of British Fishes. The Ray Society, London. 152: i-xii, 1-468, figs. 1-203.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Philichthyidae Vogt, 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:128588