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

Sigmatidium difficile Giesbrecht, 1881

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Sigmatidium*	Giesbrecht, 1881	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Giesbrecht, W. (1881). Vorlaufige Mitteilung aus einer Arbeit uber die freilebenden Copepoden des Kieler Hafens. [Preliminary report from a work on the free-living copepods of the Kiel harbor.]. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 4(83):254-258. (16-v-1881).
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	Pesta, O. (1932). Krebstiere oder Crustacea. I: Ruderfüsser oder Copepoda. 3. Unterordnung: Harpacticoida (1. und 2. Hälfte). [Crustaceans or Crustacea. I: Copepods. 3. Suborder: Harpacticoida (1st and 2nd half)]. In: Dahl, F. (ed.). Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und der Angrenzenden Meeresteile nach Ihren Merkmalen und nach Ihrer Lebensweise. Jena. 24:1-164, figs. 1-72, 1-92.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Sigmatidium difficile Giesbrecht, 1881. 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:116156