Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Podoplea > Order Harpacticoida > Family Balaenophilidae > Genus Balaenophilus

Balaenophilus unisetus Aurivillius P.O.C., 1879

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Balaenophilus*	Aurivillius P.O.C., 1879	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Aurivillius, P.O.C. (1879). On a new genus and species of Harpacticida. Bihang till Kongiga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar. 5(18): 1-16, pls. 1-4.
original description	Aurivillius, P.O.C. (1879). Balaenophilus unisetus nov. gen. et spec. Ett Bidrag till Kännedomen om Harpacticidernas Utvecklingshistoria och systematik. [Balaenophilus unisetus nov. Gene. a spec. A Contribution to the Knowledge of the Development History and Systematics of the Harpacticides.]. Akademisk Afhandling som med tillständ af vidberömda filosofska fakultetens i Upsala matematisk-naturvetenskapliga aktion för filosofiska gradens erhållande, Central-Tryckeriet, Stockholm. 1879:1-26, pls. 1-4. (13-xii-1879).
basis of record	Huys, R. (2001). Copepoda - Harpacticoida. In: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds.) 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. 50:268-280.
additional source	Badillo, F.J., L. Puig, F.E. Montero, J.A. Raga & F.J. Aznar. (2007). Diet of Balaenophilus spp. (Copepoda: Harpacticoida): feeding on keratin at sea? Marine Biology 151(2):751-758.
additional source	Clogston, F.L. (1965). Postembryonic development of species of harpacticoid copepods from the Pacific coast of the United States, and an application of developmental patterns to their systematics. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Washington, Seattle. 246 pp.
additional source	Esteves, J.M., R. Acosta, L. Bermúdez, C. Lira & A. Figueredo. (2020). Epibiosis by Balaenophilus unisetus (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) in fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus (Mysticeti: Balaenopteridae), stranded in Margarita Island, Venezuela. Marine and Fishery Sciences (MAFIS). 33(2):265–276.
additional source	Bannister, J.L. & J.R. Grindley. (1966). Notes on Balaenophilus unisetus P.O.C. Aurivillius, 1879, and its occurrence in the southern hemisphere (Copepoda, Harpacticoida). Crustaceana, Leiden 10(3):296-302, fig. 1, pl. 28, tab. 1. (22-iv-1966)
additional source	Vervoort, W. & D. Tranter. (1961). Balaenophilus unisetus P.O.C. Aurivillius (Copepoda Harpactioida) from the Southern Hemisphere. Crustaceana, Leiden 3(1):70-84, figs. 1-6. (18-viii-1961)

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Balaenophilus unisetus Aurivillius P.O.C., 1879. 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:115678