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 norvegicus Schellenberg, 1921

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Botryllophilus*	Hesse, 1864	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Schellenberg, A. (1921). Neue, norwegische Notodelphyiden. New norwegian Notodelphyids. Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter, Trondheim. 1921(3):1-11, figs. 1-9.
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	Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp.
additional source	Lang, K. (1948). Copepoda 'Notodelphyoida' from the Swedish west-coast with an outline on the systematics of the Copepoda. Arkiv för Zoologi (A)40(14):1-36, figs. 1-17, pl. 1. (17-ii-1948)
additional source	Ooishi, S. (1996). Two ascidicolid copepods, Botryllophilus macropus Canu and B. norvegicus Schellenberg, from British waters. Journal of Crustacean Biology 16(1):169-191.
additional source	Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp.
redescription	Kim, I.H. & G.A. Boxshall. (2021). Copepods (Cyclopoida) associated with ascidian hosts: Ascidicolidae, Buproridae, Botryllophilidae, and Enteropsidae, with descriptions of 84 new species. Zootaxa. 4978(1): 1-286.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Botryllophilus norvegicus Schellenberg, 1921. 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:106495