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

Eurysilenium Sars M., 1870

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Eurysilenium oblongum Hansen, 1886
Eurysilenium truncatum Sars M., 1870

Literature

original description	Sars, M. (1870). VII. Bidrag til Kundskab om Christianiafjordens Fauna. [VII. Contribution to Knowledge of the Fauna of the Christianiafjord.]. Nyt Magazin for Naturvidenskaberne. 17(2-3): 113-226, pl. 8-13.
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	Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Eurysilenium Sars M., 1870. 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:128649