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

Sphyrion Cuvier, 1830

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Lestes*	Krøyer, 1845	synonym

Children

Sphyrion lumpi (Krøyer, 1845)

Literature

original description	Cuvier, G. (1830). Le règne animal distingué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. [The animal kingdom distinguished according to its organization, to serve as a basis for the natural history of animals and as an introduction to comparative anatomy]. Paris: Déterville & Crochard. Nouvelle édition 2, Vol. 3: 1-504, pls. 1-20.
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	Dippenaar, S.M. & M.M. Sebone. (2022). Morphology of Three Sphyrion (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Sphyriidae) Species Infecting Teleost Fishes off South Africa with the First Description of Males of Two Species. Diversity-Basel. 14:1-14.
additional source	Ho, J.S. (1990). Historical biogeography of Sphyrion (Copepoda: Sphyriidae). In: Reimer, L.W. (ed.). Proceedings of the workshop on 'Sphyrion lumpi.' Lähnwitz, Germany, 3-5 October 1989 :4-22. (Bound in Reimer, 1990.)
additional source	Wilson, C.B. (1919). North American parasitic copepods belonging to the new family Sphyriidae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 55(2286):549-604, pls. 50-59. (18-vi-1919).
additional source	Kabata, Z. (1979). Parasitic Copepoda of British Fishes. The Ray Society, London. 152: i-xii, 1-468, figs. 1-203.
additional source	Stebbing, T.R.R. (1898). Genus Sphyrion Cuvier. Report. of the Marine Biologist. :197-199.
additional source	Tyvold, B. (1914). Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Gattung Sphyrion Cuv. [Contribution to the knowledge of the genus Sphyrion Cuv.]. Bergens Museums Aarbog. 1914(1): 1-48, figs. 1-10, pls. 1-2.
additional source	Gayevskaya, A.V. & A.A. Kovaleva. (1984). Rachki roda Sphyrion (Copepoda, Sphyridae) u ryb Atlantiki. Crustacea of Genus Sphyrion (Copepoda, Sphyridae) in Atlantic fishes. Gidrobiologicheskii Zhurnal, Saratov. 20(1):41-45, figs. 1-4. (26-i-1984, Russian with English summary).
additional source	Lüling, K.H. (1951). Neuere Untersuchungen über die Parasiten des Rotbarsches: Sebastes Marinus (L.). [Recent studies on the parasites of the redfish: Sebastes Marinus (L.).]. Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde. 15:8-24, abb. 1-4, tabs. 1-5 [in German].

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Sphyrion Cuvier, 1830. 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:135656