Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Podoplea > Order Monstrilloida > Family Monstrillidae > Genus Monstrilla

Monstrilla leucopis Sars G.O., 1921

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Monstrilla*	Dana, 1849-1852	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Sars, G.O. (1921). An account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species: VIII. Copepoda Monstrilloida & Notodelphyoida. Bergens Museum: Bergen. 90, Plates I-XXXVII pp.
basis of record	Suárez-Morales, E. (2010). On the taxonomic status of Monstrilla leucopis Sars (Crustacea: Copepoda: Monstrilloida) from Norway, with comments on the male of M. longiremis Giesbrecht. Zootaxa 2510: 55–67.
additional source	Suárez-Morales, E. & K.E. Velázquez-Ornelas. (2023). First record of Monstrilla leucopis GO Sars, 1921 (Copepoda, Monstrilloida, Monstrillidae) from the eastern Pacific. Crustaceana. 96(11-12):1183-1190. Dec 2023.
ecology source	Brun, P., M.R. Payne & T. Kiørboe. (2017). A trait database for marine copepods. Earth System Science Data. 9(1):99-113.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Monstrilla leucopis Sars G.O., 1921. 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:149797