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

Doridicola agilis Leydig, 1853

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Doridicola*	Leydig, 1853	accepted genus name
*Metaxymolgus*	Humes & Stock, 1972	synonym

Literature

original description	Leydig, F. (1853). Neuer Schmarotzerkrebse auf einem Weichthiere. [pNew parasitic copepod on a mollusk.]. Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie, Zoologische Notizen. 4377-382, pl. 14 figs. 1-8. (18-iv-1853).
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	Boxshall, G.A. & E.A. Platts. (1978). The first record of the copepod Doridicola agilis Leydig on the nudibranch Aeolidiella sanguinea (Norman). Irish Naturalists' Journal 19(7):252.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Doridicola agilis Leydig, 1853. 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:129018