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

Artotrogus orbicularis Boeck, 1860

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Artotrogus*	Boeck, 1860	accepted genus name
*Dystrogus*	Giesbrecht, 1899	synonym

Literature

original description	Boeck, A. (1860). Tvende nye parasitiske Krebsdyr, Artotrogus orbicularis og Asterocheres Lilljeborgii. [Two new parasitic crustaceans, Artotrogus orbicularis and Asterocheres Lilljeborgii. Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiana, Aar 1859 (published 1860); also reprint of same article, published 1860. 2:171-182, pls. 1-2.
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	Boeck, A. (1860). Tvende nye parasitiske Krebsdyr, Artotrogus orbicularis og Asterocheres Lilljeborgii. [Two new parasitic crustaceans, Artotrogus orbicularis and Asterocheres Lilljeborgii. Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiana, Aar 1859 (published 1860); also reprint of same article, published 1860. 2:171-182, pls. 1-2.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Lang, K. (1949). On some Swedish marine semi-parasitic and parasitic copepods. Arkiv för Zoologi. (A)42(22):1-10, figs. 1-15. (28-ix-1949).
additional source	Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp.
additional source	Eiselt, J. (1986). Siphonostomatoide Copepoden aus der Arktis. Crustaceana, Leiden 50(3):295-311, figs. 1-6. (v.1986, English summary)

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Artotrogus orbicularis Boeck, 1860. 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:135666