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

Asterocheres boeckii (Brady, 1880)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Asterocheres*	Boeck, 1859	accepted genus name
*Ascomyzon*	Thorell, 1859	synonym
*Cyclopicera*	Brady, 1872	synonym
*Echinocheres*	Claus, 1889	synonym
*Isopodius*	Krichagin, 1873	synonym

Species group names

*Artotrogus boeckii*	Brady, 1880	synonym
*Asterocheres boecki*	(Brady, 1880)	synonym; alternate representation

Literature

redescription	Bandera, E. & M. Conradi. (2016). Redescription of two species of Asterocheres Boeck, 1860 (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida), A. corneliae Schirl, 1973 and A. boeckii (Brady, 1880), and proposal of a new genus for Asterocheres fastigatus Kim, 2010. In: Huys, R. (Ed.), Recent Developments in Taxonomy and Biodiversity of Symbiotic Copepoda (Crustacea) – A Volume in Celebration of the Career of Prof. Il-Hoi Kim. Zootaxa. 4174:259-273.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Asterocheres boeckii (Brady, 1880). 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:357307