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

Sphaeronella keppelensis O'Reilly, 2002

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

SphaeronellaSalensky, 1868accepted genus name

Literature

original description

O'Reilly, M.G. (2003). A new species of parasitic copepod, Sphaeronella keppelensis n. sp. (Siphonostomatoida: Nicothoidae), from the amphipod Orchomene nanus (Kroyer, 1846) in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland. Glasgow Naturalist. 24(1):83-91. (2002).

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Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Sphaeronella keppelensis O'Reilly, 2002. 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:362130

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2008-07-15 by T. Chad Walter

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