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

Choniosphaera Connolly, 1929

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Lecithomyzon Bloch & Gallien, 1933 synonym

Children

Choniosphaera maenadis (Bloch & Gallien, 1933)

Literature

original description

Connolly, C.J. (1929). A new copepod parasite Choniosphaera cancrorum gen. et sp. nov., representing a new genus, and its larval development. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1929:415-427, figs. 1-22. (16-x-1929)

additional source

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].

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Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Choniosphaera Connolly, 1929. 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:135622

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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2024-05-08 by T. Chad Walter

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