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

Nicothoe astaci Audouin & Edwards, 1826

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Nicothoe*	Audouin & Milne Edwards H., 1826	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Audouin, V. & H. Milne Edwards. (1826). Mémoire sur la Nicothoé, animal singulier qui suce le sang des homards. Annales des Sciences Naturelles Zoologie et Biologie Animale 9:345-359, pl. 49 figs. 1-9.
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	Ruano, F. & L. Monteiro. (2020). Note of a pathological study of the copepod parasite Nicothoe astaci in european lobster, Homarus gammarus. Relatorios Cientificos e Tecnicos do IPMA Serie Digital. 27:1-5. Mar 2020.
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).
additional source	Gurney, R. (1930). The larva of Nicothoe astaci and its systematic position. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, New Series 16:453-459, figs. 1-6. (iii-1930)
additional source	Cornalia, E. (1860). Sopra una nuova species di crostacei sifonostomi (Gyropeltis doradis). [On a new species of siphonostome crustaceans (Gyropeltis doradis).]. Memorie del Reale Istituto Lombardo di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti. 8:5-15, pl.2.
additional source	Claus, C. (1860). Ueber das Männchen von Nicothoe astaci. [On the male of Nicothoe astaci. Würzburger Naturwissenschaftliche Zeitschrift (Verh. phys.-med. Ges. Würzb.). 1:?.
additional source	Lemercier, A. (1966). Étude du complexe buccal de Nicothoe astaci Audouin et Milne Edwards et preuves de la position systématique de ce Copépode parmi les Choniostomatidae. [Study of the oral complex of Nicothoe astaci Audouin and Milne Edwards and evidence for the systematic position of this Copepod among the Choniostomatidae.]. Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. (2)37(5):775-786, figs. 1-5. (29-iv-1966).
additional source	Mason, J. (1959). The biology of Nicothoë astaci Audouin and Milne Edwards. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 38: 3-16, figs. 1-4. (ii-1959).
additional source	Guérin-Méneville, F.E. (1829-1843). Iconographie du régne animal de G. Cuvier. [Representation d'apres nature de l'une des especes les plus remarquables et souvent non encore figurees, de chaque genre d'animaux.Iconography of the animal kingdom by G. Cuvier.]. Planches des Animaux invertébrés. Zoophytes. 2. Crustacées. A. Londres publisher. (Publication began in 1829). :1-48, [ Copepods pl. 35, This plate was published in 1837.].
additional source	Bocquet, C., J. Guillet & J.H. Stock. (1958). Sur le développement des expansions aliformes du Copépodes Nicothoe astaci Audouin et Milne-Edwards. [On the development of the aliform expansions of the Copepod Nicothoe astaci Audouin and Milne-Edwards.]. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, Paris. 246(5):836-839.
additional source	Mason, J. (1958). The occurrence of Nicothoë astaci Audouin and Milne Edwards on Scottish lobsters. Marine Research 1958(9):1-8, fig. 1, tabs. 1-5.
additional source	Leigh-Sharpe, W.H. (1926). Nicothoe astaci (Copepoda) with a revision of the appendages. Parasitology, Cambridge 18:148-153, figs. 1-6. (16-vii-1926)
additional source	Mason, J. (1956). Nicothoë astaci on gills of Orkney lobsters. ICES (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea) Council Meeting, Shellfish Committee 30:
additional source	Quidor, A. (1906). Sur le mâle et l'appareil suceur de Nicothoe astaci. [On the male and the sucking apparatus of Nicothoe astaci.]. Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences, Paris. 142(8):465-468, figs. 1-2.
biology source	Davies, C.E., G.R. Thomas, T.G.G. Maffeis, E.C. Wootton, M.W. Penny & A.F. Rowley. (2014). Detailed surface morphology of the 'lobster louse' copepod, Nicothoe astaci, a haematophagous gill parasite of the European lobster, Homarus gammarus. Journal Of Invertebrate Pathology. 122:48-51.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Nicothoe astaci Audouin & Edwards, 1826. 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:135924