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

Xenocoeloma Caullery & Mesnil, 1915

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Xenocoeloma alleni (Brumpt, 1897)
Xenocoeloma brumpti Caullery & Mesnil, 1915
Xenocoeloma orbicularis Boxshall, O'Reilly, Sikorski & Summerfield, 2019

Literature

original description	Caullery, M. & F. Mesnil. (1915). Sur la structure d'un Copépode parasite (Xenocoeloma brumpti, n. g., n. sp.) et ses rapports avec son hôte (Polycirrus arenivorus Caull.). [On the structure of a parasitic copepod (Xenocoeloma brumpti, n. g., n. sp.) and its relationships with its host (Polycirrus arenivorus Caull.).]. Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences, Paris. 161(23): 709-712,800.
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].
additional source	Lützen, J. (1966). The type of sexuality in Gonophysema, Aphanodomus and Xenocoeloma (parasitic copepods of invertebrates). Proceedings of the Ist International Congress of Parasitology 2:1077-1078.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Xenocoeloma Caullery & Mesnil, 1915. 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:128737