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

Leposphilus Hesse, 1866

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Leposphilus labrei Hesse, 1866

Literature

original description	Hesse, E. (1866). Observations sur des Crustacés rares ou nouveaux des côtes de France (septième article). Memoires sur un nouveau crustace parasite appartenant a l'ordre des Lerneidiens, formant la Famille des Lerno-siphoniens et la genre Leposphile. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Série Zoologie et Biologie Animale, Paris (5)5:265-279, pl. 9.
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	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Leposphilus Hesse, 1866. 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:128695