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

Colobomatus sparsi Essafi, 1982

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Colobomatus*	Hesse, 1873	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Essafi, K. (1982). Deux espèces de Copépodes Philichthyidae de Tunisie, Colobomatus grubei (Richiardi, 1877) et Colobomatus sparsi n. sp., parasites de poissons teleostéens du genre Diplodus Rafinesque, 1810 (Sparidae). [Two species of Philichthyidae copepods of Tunisia, Colobomatus grubei (Richiardi, 1877) and Colobomatus sparsi n. sp., parasites of teleost fishes of the genus Diplodus Rafinesque, 1810 (Sparidae).]. Archives de l'Institut Pasteur de Tunis. 59(2-3): 311-326, figs. 1-27. (English summary).
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

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Colobomatus sparsi Essafi, 1982. 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:128985