Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Gymnoplea > Order Calanoida > Family Scolecitrichidae

Scolecithricella Sars G.O., 1902

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Scolecithricella abyssalis (Giesbrecht, 1888)
Scolecithricella dentata (Giesbrecht, 1893)
Scolecithricella longifurca (Giesbrecht, 1888)
Scolecithricella longipes (Giesbrecht, 1893)
Scolecithricella minor (Brady, 1883)
Scolecithricella orientalis Mori, 1937
Scolecithricella unispinosa Grice & Hulsemann, 1965
Scolecithricella vittata (Giesbrecht, 1893)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: スコレシスリセラ属

Literature

original description	Sars, G.O. (1902). Copepoda Calanoida, Parts V & VI, Scolecithricidae, Stephidae, Tharybidae, Pseudocyclopiidae. An Account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. Bergen Museum. 4: 49-72, pls. 33-48.
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	Mazzocchi, M.G. (2006). Crustacea Maxillopoda Copepodi planctonici marini: Calanoida, Cyclopoida, Harpacticoida, Mormonilloida, Poecilostomatoida, Siphonostomatoida. Stoch, F. (ed.) Revisione della Checklist della fauna marina italiana. onlilne checklist.
additional source	Vervoort, W. (1965). Pelagic Copepoda. Part II. Copepoda Calanoida of the families Phaennidae up to and including Acartiidae, containing the description of a new species of Aetideidae. Atlantide Report, Danish Expedition to Coasts of Tropical West Africa 1945-1946 8:9-216.
additional source	Bradford, J.M. (1973). Revision of family and some generic definitions in the Phaennidae and Scolecithricidae (Copepoda: Calanoida). New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(1-2):133-152, figs. 1-4.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Scolecithricella Sars G.O., 1902. 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:104229