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

Rhodinicola rugosa (Giesbrecht, 1897)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Rhodinicola*	Levinsen, 1878	accepted genus name
*Seridium*	Giesbrecht, 1895	synonym

Species group names

*Rhodinicola rugosum*	(Giesbrecht, 1897)	synonym; alternate representation
*Seridium rugosum*	Giesbrecht, 1897	synonym

Literature

original description	Giesbrecht, W. (1895). Mitteilungen über Copepoden. 10 und 11. 10. Über Miracia minor Th. Scott. 11. Über Seridium rugosum, einem neuen Anneliden-Parasiten. [Communications on Copepods. 10 and 11. 10. On Miracia minor Th. Scott. 11. On Seridium rugosum, a new annelid parasite.]. Mittheilungen aus der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel. 12:217-226, pl. 9. (6-vii-1895).
additional source	Kim, I.H., A. Sikorski, M.G. O'Reilly & G.A. Boxshall. (2013). Copepods associated with polychaete worms in European seas. Zootaxa. 3651:1-62.
source of synonymy	Bresciani, J. (1964). Redescription of Rodinicola elongata Levinsen and description of Rhodinicola gibbosa sp. nov., parasitic copepods of maldanid polychaetes. Ophelia. 1(2): 223-234.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Rhodinicola rugosa (Giesbrecht, 1897). 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:355307