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

Asterocheres echinicola (Norman, 1869)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Asterocheres*	Boeck, 1859	accepted genus name
*Ascomyzon*	Thorell, 1859	synonym
*Cyclopicera*	Brady, 1872	synonym
*Echinocheres*	Claus, 1889	synonym
*Isopodius*	Krichagin, 1873	synonym

Species group names

*Ascomyzon echinicola*	Norman, 1869	synonym
*Asterocheres kervillei*	Canu, 1898	synonym
*Asterocheres violaceus*	(Claus, 1889)	synonym
*Echinocheres violaceus*	Claus, 1889	synonym

Literature

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	Scott, T. (1900). XI. Notes on some gatherings of Crustacea collected for the most part on board the fishery steamer 'Garland' and examined during the past year (1899). Report of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 18(3):384-407, pls. 13-14.
additional source	Bandera, M.E. & M. Conradi. (2009). Two copepod species largely confused: Asterocheres echinicola (Norman, 1868) and A. violaceus (Claus, 1889). Taxonomical implications. Helgoland Marine Research. 63(4):261-276.
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Stock, J.H. (1967). Sur trois espèces de Copépodes synonymes ou confondues: Asterocheres echinicola (Norman), A. parvus Giesbrecht et A. kervillei Canu (Cyclopoida Siphonostoma). [On three species of Copepods, synonymous or confused: Asterocheres echinicola (Norman), A. parvus Giesbrecht and A. kervillei Canu (Cyclopoida Siphonostoma). Bulletin Zoölogisch Museum, Universiteit van Amsterdam. 1(4):31-35. (30-ix-1967).

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Asterocheres echinicola (Norman, 1869). 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:135703