Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Podoplea > Order Siphonostomatoida > Family Asterocheridae

Asterocheres Boeck, 1859

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ascomyzon*	Thorell, 1859	synonym
*Cyclopicera*	Brady, 1872	synonym
*Echinocheres*	Claus, 1889	synonym
*Isopodius*	Krichagin, 1873	synonym

Children

Asterocheres bacescui Marcus, 1965
Asterocheres boeckii (Brady, 1880)
Asterocheres canui Giesbrecht, 1897
Asterocheres complexus Stock, 1960
Asterocheres corneliae Schirl, 1973
Asterocheres dentatus Giesbrecht, 1897
Asterocheres echinicola (Norman, 1869)
Asterocheres ellisi Hamond, 1968
Asterocheres faroensis Crescenti, Baviera & Zaccone, 2010
Asterocheres genodon Stock, 1966
Asterocheres latus (Brady, 1872)
Asterocheres lilljeborgi Boeck, 1859
Asterocheres madeirensis Bandera, Conradi & López-González, 2007
Asterocheres minutus (Claus, 1889)
Asterocheres parvus Giesbrecht, 1899
Asterocheres renaudi Canu, 1892
Asterocheres simplex Schirl, 1973
Asterocheres simulans (Scott T., 1898)
Asterocheres stimulans Giesbrecht, 1897
Asterocheres suberitis Giesbrecht, 1897
Asterocheres uncinatus (Krichagin, 1873)

Literature

original description	Boeck, A. (1860). Tvende nye parasitiske Krebsdyr, Artotrogus orbicularis og Asterocheres Lilljeborgii. [Two new parasitic crustaceans, Artotrogus orbicularis and Asterocheres Lilljeborgii. Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiana, Aar 1859 (published 1860); also reprint of same article, published 1860. 2:171-182, pls. 1-2.
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	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Ummerkutty, A.N.P. (1966). Studies on Indian copepods. 13. Brief notes on the asterocherid copepods obtained from the south east coast of India with description of Indomyzon qasimi n. gen., n. sp. and a discussion of the family Asterocheridae. Crustaceana, Leiden 11(1):17-32, figs. 1-29. (4-viii-1966)
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Asterocheres Boeck, 1859. 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:135554