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

Naobranchia cygniformis Hesse, 1863

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Naobranchia*	Hesse, 1863	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Hesse, E. (1863). Recherches sur quelques Crustacés rares ou nouveaux des côtes de France. 3e Mémoire. [Research on some rare or new crustaceans from the coasts of France. 3rd Memoir.]. Annales des Sciences Naturelles Zoologie et Biologie Animale. (4)20:101-132, pl. 1.
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	Niang, A. (2024). Contribution a l'etude des copepodes parasites de poissons Sparidae de la Baie de Soumbedioune (Dakar, Senegal). [Contribution to the study of copepod parasites of Sparidae fish from Soumbedioune Bay (Dakar, Senegal).]. M.S. Thesis, Universite Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, Senegal. 49 pp.
additional source	Della Valle, A. (1882). Aggiunte al 'Crostacei parassiti dei pesci del Mare Adriatico'. [Additions to 'Crustaceans parasitic on fish in the Adriatic Sea'.]. Bollettino della Società Adriatica di Scienze Naturali, Trieste. 7(1): 245-247.
additional source	Manier, J.F., A. Raibaut, V. Rousset & F. Coste. (1978). Réproduction et sexualité des Copépodes parasites de poissons. II. L'appareil génital mâle et la spermatogénèse du Copépode parasite Naobranchia cygniformis Hesse, 1863. [Reproduction and sexuality of parasitic copepods of fish. II. The male genital apparatus and spermatogenesis of the parasitic copepod Naobranchia cygniformis Hesse, 1863.]. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Série Zoologie et Biologie Animale, Paris. (12)19(4):439-458, figs. 1-9.
additional source	Della Valle, A. (1881). Crostacei parassiti dei pesci del Mare Adriatico. [Crustaceans parasitic on fish in the Adriatic Sea.]. Bollettino della Società Adriatica di Scienze Naturali, Trieste. 6(1):55-90. [for 1880].
redescription	Dippenaar, S. & M. Sebone. (2021). The first report of Naobranchia cygniformis Hesse, 1863 (Copepoda: Lernaeopodidae) off South Africa, with a redescription of the adult female. African Journal of Marine Science. 43(3): Sep 2021.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Naobranchia cygniformis Hesse, 1863. 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:135861