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 ruber Hesse, 1864

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Botryllophilus*	Hesse, 1864	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Hesse, E. (1864). Observations sur des Crustacés rares ou nouveaux des côtes de France (troisième article). [Observations on rare or new crustaceans from the coasts of France (third article).]. Annales des Sciences Naturelles Zoologie et Biologie Animale. (5)1: 333-358, pls. 11-12.
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	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	Bresciani, J. & J. Lützen. (1962). Parasitic copepods from the west coast of Sweden including some new or little known species. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening. 124:367-408, figs. 1-9. (14-v-1962).
additional source	Illg, P.L. & P.L. Dudley. (1980). The family Ascidicolidae and its subfamilies (Copepoda, Cyclopoida), with descriptions of new species. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, Série A, Zoologie 117:1-192, figs. 1-62. (13-vi-1980)
redescription	Ooishi, S. (1999). Female and male Botryllophilus ruber (Copepoda: Cyclopoida) associated with the compound ascidian Botryllus schlosseri. Journal of Crustacean Biology. 19(3):556-577. (viii.1999).

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Botryllophilus ruber Hesse, 1864. 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:106496