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

Pachypygus Sars G.O., 1921

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Agnathaner*	Canu, 1892	synonym

Children

Agnathaner freemani Hamond, 1968
Pachypygus freemani (Hammond, 1968)
Pachypygus gibber (Thorell, 1859)
Pachypygus typicus (Canu, 1892)

Literature

original description	Sars, G.O. (1921). Copepoda Monstrilloida and Notodelphyoida. Parts III & IV. Notodelphyidae (concluded), Doropygidae, Buproridae, Ascidicolidae). An Account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. Bergen Museum, Bergen. 8:33-68, pls. 17-32.
original description	Sars, G.O. (1921). An account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species: VIII. Copepoda Monstrilloida & Notodelphyoida. Bergens Museum: Bergen. 90, Plates I-XXXVII pp.
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	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Pachypygus Sars G.O., 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:106481