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

Cymbasoma gracile Gurney, 1927

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cymbasoma*	Thompson I.C., 1888	accepted genus name
*Haemocera*	Malaquin, 1896	synonym
*Thaumaleus*	Krøyer, 1849	synonym

Species group names

*Monstrillopsis gracilis*	Isaac, 1975	synonym

Literature

original description	Gurney, R. (1927). IX. Report on the Crustacea. Copepoda of brine-pools at Kabret. Zoological results of the Cambridge Expedition to the Suez Canal, 1924. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. 22(2):173-177, figs. 29-40. (iii-1927).
additional source	Al-Kholy, A.A. (1963). Some semi-parasitic Copepoda from the Red Sea. Publications of the Marine Biological Station al-Ghardaqa (Red Sea) 12:127-135, figs. 1-31.
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. Cymbasoma gracile Gurney, 1927. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=346337