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 paradoxa Hansen, 1897

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Sphaeronella*	Salensky, 1868	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Hansen, H.J. (1897). The Choniostomatidae, a family of Copepoda, parasites on Crustacea Malacostraca. Andr. Fred Höst & Son, Publishers. Copenhagen. 205 pp., pls. 1-13.
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	Gotto, R.V. & D. McGrath. (1980). Choniostomatid copepods from Irish coastal waters. Irish Naturalists' Journal 20(3):113-114, pl. 8. (vii-1980).
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Sphaeronella paradoxa Hansen, 1897. 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:135963