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

Alella Leigh-Sharpe, 1925

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Alella pagelli (Krøyer, 1863)

Literature

original description	Leigh-Sharpe, W.H. (1925). A revision of the British species of Clavella (Crustacea, Copepoda) with a diagnosis of new species: C. devastatrix and C. invicta. Parasitology, Cambridge 17:194-200, figs. 1-4. (18-v-1925)
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	Melville, R.V. (1976). Alella Leigh-Sharpe, 1925 (Crustacea: Copepoda): Designation of Type-Species under the Plenary Powers. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 32(4): 230-232.
additional source	International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, Opinion. (1976). Opinion, 1047. Alella Leigh-Sharpe, 1925 (Crustacea: Copepoda): designation of type-species under the plenary powers. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 32(4):230-232. (30-i-1976).
additional source	Hassan, A.M. (2018). Diversity of metazoan parasites of two reef associated fish species from Qatar (Acanthopagrus bifasciatus and Pomacanthus maculosus). M.Sc. Thesis, College of Arts and Sciences, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar. 143 pp.
additional source	Nuñes-Ruivo, L. (1966). Le Genre Alella Leigh Sharpe, 1925 (Copepoda, Fam. Lernaeopodidae). Proceedings of the Ist International Congress of Parasitology 2:1081-1082.
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
additional source	Dippenaar, S.M. (2016). Does Alella Leigh-Sharpe, 1925 (Siphonostomatoida: Lernaeopodidae) really consist of seven species? Systematic Parasitology, 93(1):47-56.
additional source	Kabata, Z. (1979). Parasitic Copepoda of British Fishes. The Ray Society, London. 152: i-xii, 1-468, figs. 1-203.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Alella Leigh-Sharpe, 1925. 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:135595