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

Bomolochus unicirrus Brian, 1902

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Bomolochus*	von Nordmann, 1832	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Bomolochus unicirrus*	Richiardi, 1880	synonym; nom. nud.

Literature

original description	Brian, A. (1902). Note su alcuni Crostacei parassiti dei pesci del Mediterraneo. [Notes on some Crustaceans parasitic on Mediterranean fish.]. Atti della Società Ligustica di Scienze Naturali e Geografiche. 13:30-45, 1 text-fig., pl. 1 (sep.:3-18, pl. 1). (Also in:Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia e Anatomia Comparata della R. Università di Genova, 115:1-16, pl. 1).
redescription	Ho, J.S. & J. Rokicki. (1987). Poecilostomatoid copepods parasitic on fishes off the west coast of Africa. Journal of Natural History, London 21:1025-1034.
taxonomy source	El-Rashidy, H.H. & G.A. Boxshall. (2012). Bomolochid copepods (Crustacea: Copepoda: Bomolochidae) parasitizing immigrant and native barracuda (Actinopterygii: Sphyraenidae) caught off the Egyptian Mediterranean coast. Zoosymposia, 8:20–28.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Bomolochus unicirrus Brian, 1902. 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:765121