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

Lernanthropus micropterygis Richiardi, 1884

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Lernanthropus*	de Blainville, 1822	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Richiardi, S. (1884). Descrizione di due specie nuove del genere Lernanthropus. [Description of two new species of the genus Lernanthropus.]. Atti della Società Toscana di Scienze Naturali, Processi Verbali e Memorie, Serie B. 4:82-84.
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	Wilson, C.B. (1924). Parasitic copepods from the White Nile and the Red Sea. In: Jägerskiöld, A.L.K.E. (ed.). Results of the Swedish Zoological Expedition to Egypt and the White Nile 1901, 5(3):1-17, pls. 1-3.
additional source	Goggio, E. (1906). Intorno all'identità del Lernanthropus lichiae Goggio con il L. trachuri Brian e del L. thompsoni Brian con il L. micropterygis Richiardi. [On the identity of Lernanthropus lichiae Goggio with L. trachuri Brian and of L. thompsoni Brian with L. micropterygis Richiardi.]. Monitore Zoologico Italiano. 17:352-353.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Lernanthropus micropterygis Richiardi, 1884. 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:135888