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

Choniosphaera maenadis (Bloch & Gallien, 1933)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Choniosphaera*	Connolly, 1929	accepted genus name
*Lecithomyzon*	Bloch & Gallien, 1933	synonym

Species group names

*Lecithomyzon maenadis*	Bloch & Gallien, 1933	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	Lemercier, A. (1964). Comparaison du complexe buccal de trois Copépodes parasites: Sphaeronella sp., Choniosphaera maenadis (Bloch et Gallien) (Choniostomatidae) et Nicothoe astaci Audouin et Milne. [Comparison of the oral complex of three parasitic copepods: Sphaeronella sp., Choniosphaera maenadis (Bloch and Gallien) (Choniostomatidae) and Nicothoe astaci Audouin and Milne.]. Bulletin de la Société Linnéenne de Normandie. (10)4:119-139, pls. 1-11. (1963 on cover)(publ. 30-vi-1964).

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Choniosphaera maenadis (Bloch & Gallien, 1933). 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:135906