Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Podoplea > Order Harpacticoida > Family Tisbidae > Subfamily Tisbinae > Genus Tisbe

Tisbe holothuriae Humes, 1957

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Tisbe*	Lilljeborg, 1853	accepted genus name
*Idya*	Philippi, 1843	synonym
*Idyaea*	Sars G.O., 1910	synonym

Species group names

*Tisbe helgolandica*	Uhlig & Noodt, 1966	synonym
*Tisbe lanci*	Marcotte, 1974	synonym; alternate representation
*Tisbe lancii*	Marcotte, 1974	synonym

Literature

original description	Humes, A.G. (1957). Deux Copépodes Harpacticoïdes nouveaux du genre Tisbe, parasites des Holothuries de la Méditerranée. [Two new Harpacticoid Copepods of the genus Tisbe, parasites of Mediterranean Sea Holothurians. Vie et Milieu. 8(1):9-22, figs. 1-53. (vi-1957).
basis of record	Huys, R. (2001). Copepoda - Harpacticoida. In: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds.) 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. 50:268-280.
additional source	Volkmann, B. (1974). Scanning electron microscope study of the modified spine characteristic for males of some Tisbe (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) species. Marine Biology, Berlin. 25(4):319-325, figs. 1-4. (i-viii-1974).
additional source	Park, C.W. (1976). The larval development of Tisbe holothuriae humes (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) under the laboratory conditions. Publication of the Institute of Marine Sciences, National Fisheries University of Busan 9:33-48.
additional source	Hoppenheit, M. (1978). On the dynamics of exploited populations of Tisbe holothuriae (Copepoda, Harpacticoida). VI. Response to perturbation by temporary elevated mortality. Helgoländer Wissenschaftliche Meeresuntersuchungen. 31(3):285-297, figs. 1-10. (viii-1978).
additional source	Bisol, P.M., V. Cantarello, M.G. Grigoletti & V. Varotto. (1981). Primi dati sulla competizione di due alleli del locus Pgi-1 in popolazioni sperimentali di Tisbe holothuriae (Copepoda, Harpacticoida). [First data on the competition of two alleles of the Pgi-1 locus in experimental populations of Tisbe holothuriae (Copepoda, Harpacticoida). Atti del Memorie Accademia Patavina. 92(2):15-20, fig. 1. (30-i-1981, English summary.).
additional source	Brand, G.W. (1985). Effect of crowding on larval viability in Tisbe holothuriae (Copepoda: Harpacticoida). Marine Biology, Berlin 88(1):67-72, fig. 1, tabs. 1-5. (viii-1985)
additional source	Gillet, D. & J.P. Guérin. (1976). Étude de la production de Tisbe holothuriae Humes dans diverses conditions d'élevage. [Study of the production of Tisbe holothuriae Humes under various farming conditions.]. In: Persoone, G. & E. Jaspers (eds.). Proceedings of the Xth European Symposium on Marine Biology, 1. Research in Mariculture at Laboratory- and Pilot Scale. Universa Press, Wetteren, Belgium. :161-170, figs. 1-2, tabs. 1-3.
additional source	Volkmann, B. (1979). A revision of the genus Tisbe (Copepoda, Harpacticoida). Part I. Archivio di Oceanografia e Limnologia. 19, suppl.:121-283, figs. 1-36, tabs. 1-2. (Italian summary.).
additional source	Gharagozlou-Van Ginneken, I.D. (1974). Sur l'ultrastructure cuticulaire d'un crustacé harpacticide: Tisbe hoothuriae Humes. [On the cuticular ultrastructure of a harpacticidal crustacean: Tisbe hoothuriae Humes.]. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale. 115:411-422.
additional source	Changeux, J.P. (1960). Contribution à l'étude des animaux associés aux Holothuries. [Contribution to the study of animals associated with Holothurians.]. Actualités Scientifiques et Industrielles 1284: 55-116. Also as separata (Hermann, Paris, pp. 1-124) and in Vie et Milieu, Supplément 10:1-124, figs. 1-30, tabs. 1-2 (1961).
additional source	Pochon-Masson, J. & I.D. Gharagozlou-Van Ginneken. (1977). Peculiar features of the sperm of an harpacticoid copepod, Tisbe holothuriae. In: Adiyodi, K.G.& R.G, 1993. Reproductive biology of Invertebrates. Vol. VI, Part A. Asexual Propagation and Reproductive Strategies. Part A: i-xxiii, 1-410. :61-74.
additional source	Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils. pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.).
additional source	Bisol, P.M., M. Cervelli, G. Fava & V. Varotto. (1980). Variabilità genetica in Tisbe holothuriae (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) della laguna di Venezia. [Genetic variability in Tisbe holothuriae (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) from the Venice lagoon.]. Memorie di Biologia Marina e di Oceanographia. 10(6), suppl.:367-368.
additional source	Fava, G. & E. Crotti. (1979). Effetto di un detersivo commerciale e di uno dei suoi componenti, LAS sulla produzione di nauplii in Tisbe holothuriae (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) in condizioni di alto e basso affollamento. [Effect of a commercial detergent and one of its components, LAS, on nauplii production in Tisbe holothuriae (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) under high and low crowding conditions.]. Atti della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Classe di Scienze Fisiche Matematiche e Naturali Rendiconti. (8)66(3):223-231, tabs. 1-3. (iii-1979).
additional source	Lazzaretto-Colombera, I., G. Fava & M. Gradenigo-Denes. (1976). Carico genetico in Tisbe (Copepoda, Harpacticoida). I. Tisbe holothuriae di due popolazioni del Mediterraneo ocidentale. [Genetic load in Tisbe (Copepoda, Harpacticoida). I. Tisbe holothuriae from two populations of the western Mediterranean.]. Atti della Accademia Nazionale die Lincei, Classe di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali. 60:691-698, tabs. 1-3.
additional source	Gaudy, R. & J.P. Guérin. (1982). Population dynamics of Tisbe holothuriae (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) in exploited mass cultures. Dynamic aspects of marine ecosystems,. Netherlands Journal of Sea Research, Proceedings XVIth European Symposium on Marine Biology. 16: 208-216, figs. 1-3, tabs. 1-2.
additional source	Verriopoulos, G. & M. Moraitou-Apostolopoulou. (1982). Differentiation of the sensitivity to copper and cadmium in different life stages of a copepod. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 13(4):123-125, tab. 1. (iv-1982).
additional source	Moraitou-Apostolopoulou, M., G. Verriopoulos & N. Dikaiakou. (1982). Influence of light conditions on the offspring production and the sex ratio of Tisbe holothuriae, Humes (Copepoda, Harpacticoida). Archiv für Hydrobiologie 96(1):120-127, figs. 1-2, tab. 1. (xii-1982)
additional source	Cuer, I. (1983). Influence du facteur trophique sur la dynamique de population de Tisbe holothuriae (Copépode Harpacticoide). [Influence of trophic factor on population dynamics of Tisbe holothuriae (Harpacticoid Copepod).]. Doctorat de 3e Cycle, Université Aix Marseille 2, Marseilles, France. 118 pp.
additional source	Colombera, D., I. Lazzaretto-Colombera & L. Ongaro. (1975). Ultrastructure of distant paired homologues in oocyte of Tisbe holothuriae (Copepoda). Experientia 31(2):225-227, figs. 1-5. (15-ii-1975)
additional source	Fava, G. & M. Cervelli. (1976). Carico genetico in Tisbe holothuriae e T. bulbisetosa (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) della laguna di Venezia. [Genetic load in Tisbe holothuriae and T. bulbisetosa (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) from the Venice lagoon.]. Archivio di Oceanografia e Limnologia. 18, suppl. 3:553-554.
additional source	Guérin, J.P., P. Kerambrun & D. Rivière. (1982). Effets à court terme et à long terme d'un narcotique sur quelques activités enzymatiques chez le Copépode Harpacticoïde Tisbe holothuriae. [Short-term and long-term effects of a narcotic on some enzymatic activities in the harpacticoid copepod Tisbe holothuriae.]. Marine Biology, Berlin. 68(2): 217-222, fig. 1, tab. 1. (vi-1982, English summary.).
additional source	Gaudy, R., J.P. Guérin & M. Moraitou Apostolopoulou. (1982). Effect of temperature and salinity on the population dynamics of Tisbe holothuriae Humes (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) fed on two different diets. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 57(2-3): 257-271, figs. 1-2, tabs. 1-3.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Tisbe holothuriae Humes, 1957. 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:116670

Dr. Geoffrey Boxshall. Tisbe holothuriae Humes, 1957. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/247ed3f6-6377-4054-8df4-0d96bcb3c124