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

Sarcotretes Jungersen, 1911

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Sarcotretes eristaliformis (Brian, 1908)
Sarcotretes scopeli Jungersen, 1911

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: シンカイヒジキムシ属

Literature

original description	Jungersen, H.F.E. (1911). On a new gymnoblastic hydroid (Ichthyocodium sarcotretis) epizoic on a new parasitic copepod (Sarcotretes scopeli) infesting Scopelus glacialis Rhdt. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistoriske Forening, Copenhagen 64:1-34, figs. 1-6, pls. 1-2. (18-xii-1911)
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	Wilson, C.B. (1917). North American parasitic copepods belonging to the Lernaeidae with a revision of the entire family. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 53(2194):1-150, pls. 1-21. (13-vi-1917).
additional source	Hogans, W.E. (1988). Review of Sarcotretes Jungersen, 1911 (Copepoda: Pennellidae) from midwater and demersal fishes in the north Atlantic Ocean. Canadian Journal of Zoology 66(6):1371-1375.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Sarcotretes Jungersen, 1911. 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:135650