Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Podoplea > Order Cyclopoida > Suborder Ergasilida > Family Splanchnotrophidae > Genus Splanchnotrophus

Splanchnotrophus gracilis Hancock & Norman, 1863

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

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Genus group names

*Splanchnotrophus*	Hancock & Norman, 1863	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Hancock, A. & A.M. Norman. (1863). On Splanchnotrophus, an undescribed genus of Crustacea, parasitic on nudibranchiate Mollusca. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 24:49-60, pls. 15-16.
additional source	O'Donoghue, C.H. (1924). Report on Opisthobranchiata from the Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia, with description of a new parasitic copepod. Journal of the Linnean Society of London. 35: 521-579, pls 27-30.
additional source	Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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: pp. 252-268
additional source	Laubier, L. (1964). La morphologie des pièces buccales chez les Splanchnotrophidae (Copépodes parasites de mollusques). [Morphology of mouthparts in Splanchnotrophidae (Copepods parasitic on molluscs).]. Crustaceana (Leiden). 7(3):167-174, fig. 1. (7-ix-1964).
additional source	Abad, M., G. Díaz-Agras & V. Urgorri. (2011). Anatomical description and biology of the splanchnotrophid Splanchnotrophus gracilis Hancock & Norman, 1863 found parasitizing the doridacean nudibranch Trapania tartanella Ihering, 1886 at the Ria de Ferrol (Galicia, NW iberian peninsula). Thalassas, An International Journal of Marine Sciences, Spain. 27 (2):49-60.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Splanchnotrophus gracilis Hancock & Norman, 1863. 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:360623