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 lilljeborgi Boeck, 1859

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

*Artotrogus lilljeborgii*	(Boeck, 1859)	synonym
*Ascomyzon asterocheres*	Sars G.O., 1915	synonym
*Asterocheres asterocheres*	(Sars G.O., 1915)	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	Kim, I.H. (2016). Siphonostomatoid copepods (Crustacea) mainly associated with marine invertebrates from Korean waters. Journal of Species Research. 5(3): 393-442.
additional source	Röttger, R., H. Astheimer, M. Spindler & J. Steinborn. (1972). Ökologie von Asterocheres lilljeborgi, eines auf Henricia sanguinolenta parasitisch lebenden Copepoden. [Ecology of Asterocheres lilljeborgi, a copepod parasitic on Henricia sanguinolenta.]. Marine Biology, Berlin. 13(3):259-266, figs. 1-10, tab. 1. (iv-1972).
additional source	Canu, E. (1892). Les Copépodes du Boulonnais. Morphologie, embryologie, taxonomie. [Copepods of Boulogne. Morphology, embryology, taxonomy.]. Travaux du Laboratoire de Zoologie Maritime de Wimereux-Ambleteuse. 6:1-292, figs. 1-20, pls. 1-30.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Asterocheres lilljeborgi Boeck, 1859. 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:135708