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 Modiolicola

Modiolicola inermis Canu, 1891

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Modiolicola*	Aurivillius, 1883	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Canu, E. (1891). Sur quelques Copépodes parasites, observés dans le Boulonnais. [On some parasitic Copepods, observed in Boulonnais.]. Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences, Paris. 113(14): 435-437.
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	Humes, A.G. & J.H. Stock. (1973). A revision of the family Lichomolgidae Kossman, 1877, cyclopoid copepods mainly associated with marine invertebrates. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 127: i-v, 1-368, figs. 1-187. (12-xi-1973).
additional source	Canu, E. (1892). Les Copépodes du Boulonnais. Morphologie, embryologie, taxonomie. [Copepods of Boulogne. Morphology, embryology, taxonomy.]. Travaux du Laboratoire de Zoologie Maritime de Wimereux-Ambleteuse. 6:1-292, figs. 1-20, pls. 1-30.
additional source	Reddiah, K. & D.I. Williamson. (1959). On Modiolicola inermis Canu and Modiolicola maxima (Thompson), lichomolgid copepods associated with pectinid lamellibranchs. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 13(1):689-701, figs. 1-3. (6-ii-1959)

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Modiolicola inermis Canu, 1891. 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:128883