Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Podoplea > Order Siphonostomatoida > Family Artotrogidae

Artotrogus Boeck, 1860

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Dystrogus*	Giesbrecht, 1899	synonym

Children

Artotrogus gladiator (Giesbrecht, 1899)
Artotrogus orbicularis Boeck, 1860

Literature

original description	Boeck, A. (1860). Tvende nye parasitiske Krebsdyr, Artotrogus orbicularis og Asterocheres Lilljeborgii. [Two new parasitic crustaceans, Artotrogus orbicularis and Asterocheres Lilljeborgii. Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiana, Aar 1859 (published 1860); also reprint of same article, published 1860. 2:171-182, pls. 1-2.
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	Claus, C. (1889). Ueber neue oder wenig bekannte halbparasitische Copepoden insbesondere der Lichomolgiden- und Ascomyzontiden-Gruppe. [On new or little known hemiparasitic copepods, especially of the lichomolgid and ascomyzontid groups.]. Arbeiten des Zoologischen Institut der Universitat Wien. 8(3):327-370, pls.
additional source	Costello, M.J., C. Emblow & R. White (EdS.). (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. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France. 463 pp.
additional source	Brady, G.S. (1880). A monograph of the free and semi-parasitic Copepoda of the British Islands. Ray Society, London. 3:1-83, pls. 83-93.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Artotrogus Boeck, 1860. 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:135541