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 forficula Thorell, 1859

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	Thorell, T. (1859). Bidrag till Kännedomen om Krustaceer, som lefva i arter af Slägtet Ascidia L. [Contribution to the Knowledge of Crustacea, which live in species of the Genus Ascidia L.]. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm. 3 (8):1-84, pls.1-15.
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	Brady, G.S. (1880). A monograph of the free and semi-parasitic Copepoda of the British Islands. Ray Society, London. 3:1-83, pls. 83-93.
additional source	Costanzo, G., N. Crescenti & N. Calafiore. (1996). Copepodid stages of Lichomolgus forficula Thorell, 1859 (Copepoda, Poecilostomatoida, Lichomolgidae), a copepod associated with Phallusia mammillata (Cuvier, 1815). Journal of Natural History, London 31:1019-1028.
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 forficula Thorell, 1859. 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:128878