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

Homoeoscelis Hansen, 1897

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Homoeoscelis elongata Boxshall & Defaye, 1995
Homoeoscelis frigida Hansen, 1923
Homoeoscelis longipes Hansen, 1923
Homoeoscelis mediterranea Hansen, 1897
Homoeoscelis minuta Hansen, 1897
Homoeoscelis sedentaria (Bonnier, 1896)

Literature

original description	Hansen, H.J. (1897). The Choniostomatidae, a family of Copepoda, parasites on Crustacea Malacostraca. Andr. Fred Höst & Son, Publishers. Copenhagen. 205 pp., pls. 1-13.
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].

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Homoeoscelis Hansen, 1897. 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:135626