Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Gymnoplea > Order Calanoida > Family Stephidae > Genus Stephos

Stephos marsalensis Costanzo, Campolmi & Zagami, 2000

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Stephos*	Scott T., 1892	accepted genus name
*Moebianus*	Giesbrecht, 1893	synonym

Literature

original description	Costanzo, G., M. Campolmi & G. Zagami. (2000). Stephos marsalensis new species (Copepoda, Calanoida, Stephidae) from coastal waters of Sicily, Italy. Journal of Plankton Research. 22(10):2007-2014.
basis of record	Zagami, G. (2006). Crustacea Maxipolloda Copepodi Iperbentonici marini, Salmastri e di grotte sottomarine: Calanoida - Misophrioida. In: Revisione della Checklist della fauna marina italiana. online database.
additional source	Brylinski, J.M. & L. Courcot. (2019). Report of two Mediterranean species of Stephos T. Scott, 1892 (Copepoda: Calanoida) in the North-East Atlantic Ocean (Brittany, France), with a note on the "hyaline sheath" in the genus Stephos. Bioinvasions Records, 8(2): 357-368.
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. Stephos marsalensis Costanzo, Campolmi & Zagami, 2000. 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:237964