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

Gangliopus pyriformis Gerstaecker, 1854

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Gangliopus*	Gerstaecker, 1854	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Gerstaecker, A. (1854). Beschreibung zweier neuer Siphonostomen-Gattungen. [Description of two new siphonostome genera.]. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 20(1):185-195, pl. 7.
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	Pillai, N.K. (1985). Copepod Parasites of Marine Fishes. In: The Fauna of India. Zoological Society of India, Calcutta. 900pp., figs. 1-279.
additional source	Monod, T. & R.P. Dollfus. (1938). Pandarinés peu connus (genres Phyllothyreus Norman 1903 et Gangliopus Gerstaecker, 1854). [Little-known pandarines (genera Phyllothyreus Norman 1903 and Gangliopus Gerstaecker, 1854).]. Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée. 16(3):196-209, figs. 1-29. (1-v-1938).
ecology source	Izawa, K. (2010). Free-living stages of the parasitic copepod, Gangliopus pyriformis Gerstaecker, 1854 (Siphonostomatoida, Pandaridae) reared from eggs. Crustaceana 83(7):829-837.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Gangliopus pyriformis Gerstaecker, 1854. 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:135977