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 leydigi Richiardi, 1877

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

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

Literature

original description	Richiardi, S. (1877). Descrizioni di cinque specie nuove del genere Philichthys ed una di Sphaerifer. [Descriptions of five new species of the genus Philichthys and one of Sphaerifer.]. Atti della Società Toscana di Scienze Naturali, Processi Verbali e Memorie, Serie B. 3(1):166-179, pl. 6.
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	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].

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Sphaerifer leydigi Richiardi, 1877. 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:128992