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

Octopicola Humes, 1957

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Octopicola superba Humes, 1957

Literature

original description	Humes, A.G. (1957). Octopicola superba n. g., n. sp., Copépode cyclopoïde parasite d'un Octopus de la Méditerranée. Vie et Milieu 8(1):1-8, figs. 1-22. (vi-1957)
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].
additional source	Cavaleiro, F.I., J.S. Ho, R. Iglesias, J.M. Garcia-Estevez & M.J. Santos. (2013). Revisiting the octopicolid copepods (Octopicolidae: Octopicola Humes, 1957): comparative morphology and an updated key to species. Systematic Parasitology 86(1):77-86.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Octopicola Humes, 1957. 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:128687