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

Ergasilus gibbus von Nordmann, 1832

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ergasilus*	von Nordmann, 1832	accepted genus name
*Ergasiloides*	Sars G.O., 1909	synonym

Literature

original description	von Nordmann, A. (1832). Mikrographische Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte der wirbellosen Thiere. [Micrographic contributions to the natural history of invertebrates.]. Zweites Heft. Mit zehn Kupfertafeln, G. Reimer, Berlin. XVIII:1-150, plates I-X.
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	Markevich, A.P. (1956). Paraziticheskie veslonogie ryb SSSR. [Parasitic copepods of fishes of the USSR.]. Akademiya Nauk Ukraine SSR, Institut Zoology, Kiev. 259 pp. figs. 1-153.
additional source	Saraiva, A. (1996). Ergasilus gibbus Nordmann, 1832 (Copepoda: Ergasilidae) on the gills of the european eel Anguilla anguilla L. from Portugal. Research and Reviews in Parasitology 56:21-24.
additional source	Gusev, A.V. (1987). Class Crustacea Lamarck, 1801. In: Bauer, O.N. (ed.). Key to the Parasites of Freshwater Fishes of the USSR. Opredeliteli po Faune SSSR, Zoologicheskii Instituta SSSR. Nauka, Leningrad 3(149):378-432.
additional source	Kabata, Z. (1979). Parasitic Copepoda of British Fishes. The Ray Society, London. 152: i-xii, 1-468, figs. 1-203.
redescription	Raibaut, A. & F.N. Altunel. (1976). Redescription de Ergasilus gibbus, Nordmann, 1832, copépode parasite branchial de l'anguille et rémarques sur sa répartition geographique. [Redescription of Ergasilus gibbus, Nordmann, 1832, a copepod branchial parasite of the eel and remarks on its geographical distribution.]. Bulletin de la Société des Sciences Naturelles de Tunisie. 11:75-80.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Ergasilus gibbus von Nordmann, 1832. 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:128825

Dr. Geoffrey Boxshall. Ergasilus gibbus von Nordmann, 1832. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/bd239531-201a-4d1a-8c94-513b602cd2eb