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

Leptinogaster pholadis Pelseneer, 1929

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Leptinogaster*	Pelseneer, 1929	accepted genus name
*Strongylopleura*	Pelseneer, 1929	synonym

Literature

original description	Pelseneer, P. (1929). Copépodes parasites de mollusques. [Copepods parasitic on molluscs.]. Annales de la Société Royale Zoologique de Belgique. 59(1-2):33-49, text-figs. 1-5. (for 1928).
additional source	Bocquet, C. & J.H. Stock. (1958). Copépodes parasites d'invertébrés des côtes de la Manche. IV. Sur les trois genres synonymes de Copépodes Cyclopoïdes, Leptinogaster Pelseneer, Strongylopleura Pelseneer et Myocheres Wilson (Clausidiidae). [Parasitic copepods of invertebrates from the Channel coasts. IV. On the three synonymous genera of Cyclopoidean copepods, Leptinogaster Pelseneer, Strongylopleura Pelseneer and Myocheres Wilson (Clausidiidae).]. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale. 96, notes et revue 2:71-89, figs. 1-6.
additional source	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

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Leptinogaster pholadis Pelseneer, 1929. 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:128782