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

Euryphorus brachypterus (Gerstaecker, 1853)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Euryphorus*	Milne Edwards H., 1840	accepted genus name
*Elytrophora*	Gerstaecker, 1853	synonym

Species group names

*Elytrophora brachyptera*	Gerstaecker, 1853	synonym

Literature

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	Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils. pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.).
additional source	Pilgrim, R.L.C. (1985). Parasitic Copepoda from marine coastal fishes in the Kaikoura-Banks Peninsula Region, South Island, New Zealand. With a key for their identification. Mauri Ora 12:13-53, figs. 1-63.
additional source	Della Valle, A. (1881). Crostacei parassiti dei pesci del Mare Adriatico. [Crustaceans parasitic on fish in the Adriatic Sea.]. Bollettino della Società Adriatica di Scienze Naturali, Trieste. 6(1):55-90. [for 1880].
additional source	Kabata, Z. (1979). Parasitic Copepoda of British Fishes. The Ray Society, London. 152: i-xii, 1-468, figs. 1-203.
additional source	Ho, J.S., S.H. Cheng, W.C. Chang & C.L. Lin. (2008). Two species of siphonostomatoid copepods parasitic on marine fishes of Taiwan. Journal of the Fisheries Society of Taiwan 35(1):87-100.
additional source	Aldik, R., F. Cakir, O. Yayintas, A. Oktener, S. Kizilyildirim, H.A. Eroglu & Y. Sen. (2023). Investigation of some fish species of Scombridae family in terms of parasites. Transylvanian Review of Systematical and Ecological Research. 25(3):41-54. DEC 2023.
additional source	Bernot, J.P, G.A. Boxshall, T.C. Kihara & P.M. Arbizu. (2025). An Updated Key to the Genera of Caligidae (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida.). Journal of Parasitology. 111(1):10-25.
new combination reference	Heegaard, P.E. (1972). Caliginae and Euryphorinae of the Dana Expedition (Crustacea Copepoda, Caligidae). Steenstrupia 2:295-317, figs. 1-53. (28-xii-1972)

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Euryphorus brachypterus (Gerstaecker, 1853). 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:135819