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 Sphaerifer

Sphaerifer corvinae (Leydig, 1851)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Sphaerifer*	Richiardi, 1876	accepted genus name
*Sphaerosoma*	Leydig, 1851	synonym

Species group names

*Sphaerosoma corvinae*	Leydig, 1851	synonym

Literature

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	Delamare Deboutteville, C. (1962). Prodrome d'une faune d'Europe des Copépodes parasites de poissons. Les Copépodes Philichthyidae (confrontation des données actuelles). [Prodrome of a European fauna of copepods parasitic on fish. Copepods Philichthyidae (confrontation of current data).]. Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique, Monaco. 1249:1-44, figs. 1-18. (30-x-1962).

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Sphaerifer corvinae (Leydig, 1851). 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:128991