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

Clavella stellata (Krøyer, 1838)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Clavella*	Oken, 1815	accepted genus name
*Anchorella*	Cuvier, 1830	synonym

Species group names

*Anchorella stellata*	Krøyer, 1838	synonym

Literature

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	Brian, A. (1939). I parassiti del Nasello nel Mare Ligure (Clavella stellata (Kröyer) nuova nel Mediterraneo). Corriere della Pesca 13(9):5-11, figs. 1-3. (15-v-1939)
additional source	Kabata, Z. (1962). The parasitic copepod Clavella stellata (Kroyer, 1838) with the description of the male. Crustaceana, Leiden 4(2):107-117, figs. 1-15. (4-vii-1962)
additional source	Kabata, Z. (1979). Parasitic Copepoda of British Fishes. The Ray Society, London. 152: i-xii, 1-468, figs. 1-203.
new combination reference	Wilson, C.B. (1915). North American parasitic copepods belonging to the Lernaeopodidae, with a revision of the entire family. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 47(2063): 565-729, pls. 25-56, figs. 1-15. (6-iii-1915).

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Clavella stellata (Krøyer, 1838). 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:135845