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 Philichthys

Philichthys xiphiae Steenstrup, 1862

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Philichthys*	Steenstrup, 1862	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Steenstrup, J.J.S. (1862). Philichthys xiphiae, en ny snylter hos Svaerdfisken. [Philichthys xiphiae, a new parasite of the Swordfish.]. Oversigt over det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Forhandlinger. 1861:295-305, pl. 2.
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	Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils. pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.).
additional source	Richiardi, S. (1877). Dei Filictidi: Osservazioni critiche e descrizione di sei specie nuove. Atti della Società Toscana di Scienze Naturali, Processi Verbali e Memorie, Serie B. 3(1):180-194, pl. 10.
additional source	Della Valle, A. (1881). Crostacei parassiti dei pesci del Mare Adriatico. [Crustaceans parasitic on fish in the Adriatic Sea.]. Bollettino della Società Adriatica di Scienze Naturali, Trieste. 6(1):55-90. [for 1880].
additional source	Kabata, Z. (1979). Parasitic Copepoda of British Fishes. The Ray Society, London. 152: i-xii, 1-468, figs. 1-203.
additional source	Wilson, C.B. (1932). The copepods of the Woods Hole region, Massachusetts. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 158:1-635, figs. 1-316, pls. 1-41.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Rolbiecki, L., B. Arciszewski & J.N. Izdebska. (2021). Philichthys xiphiae (Copepoda; Philichthyidae) - an interesting cranium parasite of the swordfish Xiphias gladius collected from the Baltic Sea. Oceanological And Hydrobiological Studies. 50(3):333-337.
additional source	Bergsoe, V. (1864). Philichthys xiphiae Stp., monografisk fremstillet. [Phillichthys xiphias Atp., monographically produced.]. Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift (Journal of Natural History) (also published separately, Wilhelm Priors Forlag, Copenhagen, 83pp. + 1 plate). (3)3:87-130, pl. 1. (Danish).
additional source	Bergsoe, V. (1865). Monographie du Philichthys xiphiae. [Monograph of Philichthys xiphiae.]. Annales des Sciences Naturelles Zoologie et Biologie Animale. (5)3:213-219, 252, pl. 1. (French summary from 1864).
additional source	Bergsoe, V. (1865). Philichthys xiphiae: Bidrag till kunskab om Svaertfiskens slimrorparasit. [Phallichthys xiphias: Contribution to knowledge of the Svaertfisken slime parasite.]. Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift (Journal of Natural History) (also published separately, Wilhelm Priors Forlag, Copenhagen, 83pp. + 1 plate). (3)3:1-44, pl. 13.
additional source	Steenstrup, J.J.S. (1863). Nye oplysninger om Philichthys xiphiae Stp. [New information on Philichthys xiphiae Stp.]. Oversigt over det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Forhandlinger. 1862:227-232, figs. 1-2.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Philichthys xiphiae Steenstrup, 1862. 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:128990