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

Sphaeronella microcephala Giard & Bonnier, 1893

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Sphaeronella*	Salensky, 1868	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Giard, A. & J. Bonnier. (1893). Sur deux types nouveaux de Choniostomatidae des côtes de France: Spheronella microcephala G. et B. et Salenskia tuberosa G. et B. [On two new types of Choniostomatidae from the coasts of France: Spheronella microcephala G. and B. and Salenskia tuberosa G. and B.]. Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences. 117: 446-449. (English translation in: Ann. Mag. nat. Hist.).
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	Giard, A. & J. Bonnier. (1895). Contributions a l'étude des épicarides. XX. Sur les épicarides parasites des arthrostracés et sur quelques copépodes symbiotes de ces épicarides. [Contributions to the study of epicarids. XX. On epicarids parasitic on arthrostraceans and on some copepods symbionts of these epicarids]. Bulletin Scientifique de la France et de la Belgique. 25(2): 417-493, pls. 5-13.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Sphaeronella microcephala Giard & Bonnier, 1893. 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:135956