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

Botryllophilus aspinosus Schellenberg, 1922

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Botryllophilus*	Hesse, 1864	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Schellenberg, A. (1922). Neue Notodelphyiden des Berliner und Hamburger Museums mit einer Übersicht der Ascidienbewohnenden Gattungen und Arten. New Notodelphyids of the Berlin and Hamburg Museums with an overview of the ascidian genera and species. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum, Berlin. 10: 219-274, figs. 1-43 (I. Teil ); 277-298, figs. 1-12 (II. Teil).
basis of record	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	Barnard, K.H. (1955). South African parasitic Copepoda. Annals of the South African Museum. 41(5):223-312, figs. 1-33. (ii-1955).

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Botryllophilus aspinosus Schellenberg, 1922. 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:106490