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

Herpyllobius Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Silenium*	Krøyer, 1863	synonym

Children

Herpyllobius arcticus Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861
Herpyllobius cluthensis Boxshall, O'Reilly, Sikorski & Summerfield, 2019
Herpyllobius polynoes (Krøyer, 1863)

Literature

original description	Steenstrup, J.J.S. & C.F. Lütken. (1861). Bidrag til kundskab om det aabne havs snyltekrebs og lernæer samt om nogle andre nye eller hidtil kun ufuldstændigt kjendte parasitiske Copepoder. [Contribution to knowledge about the open sea parasitic crabs and mud crabs and about some other new or hitherto only incompletely known parasitic Copepods.]. Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter, Naturhistorisk og Mathematisk Afdeling, Kjöbenhavn. (5)5: 343-432, pls. 1-15.
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	Lützen, J. (1968). On the biology of the family Herpyllobiidae (parasitic copepods). Ophelia. 5(1): 175-187.
additional source	Okada, Y.K. (1932). Note on the parasitic copepod Herpyllobius. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses 13:407-414, fig. 1, pl. 24. (5-v-1932)
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
additional source	Schiodte, J.C. (1870). Herpyllobius og Silenium. Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift (3)6:385-398.
additional source	Lützen, J. (1966). The anatomy of the family Herypyllobiidae (parasitic copepods). Ophelia. 3(1): 45-64.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Herpyllobius Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861. 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:128650