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

Scottomyzon gibberum (Scott T. & Scott A., 1894)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Scottomyzon*	Giesbrecht, 1897	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Dermatomyzon gibberum*	Scott T. & Scott A., 1894	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	Smurov, A.V. (1993). First record of the symbiotic copepod Scottomyzon gibberum (Scott) (Siphonostomatoida) in the White Sea, associated with the seastar Asterias rubens. Pervaya dlya Belogo morya hakhodka simbioticheskoj kopepody Scottomyzon gibberum (Scott) (Otr. Siphonostomatoida), assotsiirovannoi s morskoj zvezdoj Asterias rubens. Doklady Akademii Nauk. 333(4):684-686 .
additional source	Kim, I.H. (1992). Two species of Copepoda (Poecilostomatoida, Siphonostomatoida) associated with Asteroida in Korea. Korean Journal of Systematic Zoology. 8(1):57-67. (1-vi-1992).
additional source	Scott, T. (1897). Scottomyzon gibberum (T.& A.Scott) in the Cromarty Firth. Annals of Scottish Natural History. 1897:195-196.
additional source	Ivanenko, V.N. & A.V. Smurov. (1995). Morphology and settlement of the first copepodite stage of Scottomizon gibberum (Copepoda, Siphonostomatoida, Asterocheridea), the symbiont of the starfish Asterias rubens (Echinodermata, Asteroidea) in the White Sea. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 74(6):52-60.
additional source	Röttger, R. (1969). Ökologie und Postlarvalentwicklung von Scottomyzon gibberum, eines auf Asterias rubens parasitisch lebenden Copepoden (Cyclopoida Siphonostoma). [Ecology and postlarval development of Scottomyzon gibberum, a copepod (Cyclopoida Siphonostoma) parasitic on Asterias rubens.]. Marine Biology, Berlin. 2(2):145-202, figs. 1-43, tabs. 1-8. (ii-1969).
additional source	Röttger, R. (1971). Auch ein Seestern hat Ungeziefer. Der parasitische Copepode Scottomyzon gibberum und die Reaktionen seines Wirtes Asterias rubens. [Even a starfish has vermin. The parasitic copepod Scottomyzon gibberum and the reactions of its host Asterias rubens.]. Mikrokosmos. 60(1):15-19, figs. 1-6. (i-1971).

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Scottomyzon gibberum (Scott T. & Scott A., 1894). 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:135735