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

Tripaphylus Richiardi, 1878

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Paeon*	Wilson C.B., 1919	synonym

Children

Tripaphylus musteli (Beneden, 1851)
Tripaphylus versicolor (Wilson C.B., 1919)

Literature

original description	Richiardi, S. (1880). Catalogo sistematico dei Crostacei che vivono sul corpo degli animali acquatici in Italia. [Systematic catalogue of Crustacea living on the body of aquatic animals in Italy.]. In: Catalogo Generale della Sezione Italiana alla Esposizione Internazionale della Pesca in Berlino. :146-153.
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	Kabata, Z. (1992). Copepods Parasitic on Fishes. Synopses of the British Fauna, New Series. Edited by Kermack, D.M., S.K. Barnes & J.H. Crothers. 47:1-264, figs. 1-45.
additional source	Kabata, Z. (1979). Parasitic Copepoda of British Fishes. The Ray Society, London. 152: i-xii, 1-468, figs. 1-203.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Tripaphylus Richiardi, 1878. 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:135657