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

Parabrachiella Wilson C.B., 1915

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Neobrachiella*	Kabata, 1979	synonym

Children

Neobrachiella ramosa (Richiardi, 1880)
Parabrachiella bispinosa (von Nordmann, 1832)
Parabrachiella chevreuxii (Beneden, 1891)
Parabrachiella exigua (Brian, 1906)
Parabrachiella exilis (Shiino, 1956)
Parabrachiella hostilis (Heller, 1865)
Parabrachiella insidiosa (Heller, 1865)
Parabrachiella merluccii (Bassett-Smith, 1896)
Parabrachiella mugilis (Kabata, Raibaut & Ben Hassine, 1971)
Parabrachiella richiardii (Ben Hassine & Raibaut, 1978)
Parabrachiella rostrata (Krøyer, 1837)
Parabrachiella triglae (Claus, 1860)

Literature

original description	Wilson, C.B. (1915). North American parasitic copepods belonging to the Lernaeopodidae, with a revision of the entire family. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 47(2063): 565-729, pls. 25-56, figs. 1-15. (6-iii-1915).
additional source	Piasecki, W., M. Mlynarczyk & C.J. Hayward. (2010). Parabrachiella jarai sp. nov. (Crustacea: Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida) parasitic on Sillago sihama (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Sillaginidae). Experimental Parasitology 125(1):55-62.
source of synonymy	Boxshall, G.A. & S.H. Halsey. (2004). An introduction to copepod diversity. Ray Society, London. 166(Part I):1-421. (2 volume set).

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Parabrachiella Wilson C.B., 1915. 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:347671