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

Nereicola ovata Keferstein, 1863

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Nereicola*	Keferstein, 1863	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Nereicola ovatus*	Keferstein, 1863	synonym; alternate representation

Literature

original description	Keferstein, W. (1863). Ueber einen neuen Schmarotzerkrebs (Nereicola ovata Kef.) von einer Annelide. [On a new parasitic crustacean (Nereicola ovata Kef.) from an annelid]. Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie. 12(42): 1-4.
additional source	Dantan, J.L. (1929). Recherches sur le Nereicola ovata Keferstein. [Research on Nereicola ovata Keferstein.]. Annales de l'Institut Océanographique, Monaco. 7(4):175-197, figs. 1-20. (x-1929).
additional source	Lee, J. & I.H. Kim. (2024). Cyclopoid Copepods (Crustacea) Associated with Polychaetes from Korea, with Descriptions of Two New Genera and Ten New Species. Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity. 40(3):167-210.
additional source	Grube, A.E. (1868). Beschreibung einiger Pycnogoniden und Crustaceen. (describes Nereicola ovata). [Description of some Pycnogonids and Crustaceans. (describes Nereicola ovata).]. Abhandlungen des Schlesische Gesellschaft für Vaterländische Cultur, Abtheilung für Naturwissenschaft und der Medicin, Breslau. 1869:123, pl.1, fig.2 .

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Nereicola ovata Keferstein, 1863. 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:359570