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

Lichomolgus canui Sars G.O., 1917

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Lichomolgus*	Thorell, 1859	accepted genus name
*Sepicola*	Claus, 1860	synonym

Literature

original description	Sars, G.O. (1917). Copepoda Cyclopoida. Parts XI & XII. Clausidiidae, Lichomolgidae (part). An Account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. Bergen Museum, Bergen. 6:141-172, pls. 81-96.
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	Costanzo, G. (1968). Su Lichomolgus canui G.O. Sars (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) ed alcuni suoi copepoditi del Lago di Faro (Messina). [On Lichomolgus canui G.O. Sars (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) and some of its copepodites from Lago di Faro (Messina).]. Bollettino di Zoologia. 35:27-37, figs. 1-6.
additional source	Costello, M.J., C. Emblow & R. White (EdS.). (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. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France. 463 pp.
additional source	Conradi, M. & P.J. López-González. (1994). Primera cita de Lichomolgus canui G. O. Sars, 1917 (Copepoda, Lichomolgidae) en la Península Ibérica. Miscelánea Zoologica, Barcelona 17:99-106. (For 1993.)
additional source	Costanzo, G. (1969). Stadi naupliari e primo copepodite di Lichomolgus canui G.O. Sars (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) del Lago di Faro (Messina), allevata sperimentalmente. [Naupliar stages and first copepodite of Lichomolgus canui G.O. Sars (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) from Lake Faro (Messina), experimentally bred.]. Bollettino di Zoologia. 36(2):143-158, figs. 1-7. (2-x-1969).
redescription	Kim, I.H.& G.A. Boxshall. (2021). Copepods associated with Ascidian hosts (Tunicata): Intramolgidae and Lichomolgidae, with descriptions of four new genera and 13 new species. Zootaxa. 5013(1): 1-75.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Lichomolgus canui Sars G.O., 1917. 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:128875