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

Sarcotretes scopeli Jungersen, 1911

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Sarcotretes*	Jungersen, 1911	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Jungersen, H.F.E. (1911). On a new gymnoblastic hydroid (Ichthyocodium sarcotretis) epizoic on a new parasitic copepod (Sarcotretes scopeli) infesting Scopelus glacialis Rhdt. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistoriske Forening, Copenhagen 64:1-34, figs. 1-6, pls. 1-2. (18-xii-1911)
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	Margolis, L. & Z. Kabata, eds. (1988). Guide to the parasites of fishes of Canada. Part II - Crustacea. Canadian Special Publication in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 101:1-184.
additional source	Hogans, W.E. (1988). Review of Sarcotretes Jungersen, 1911 (Copepoda: Pennellidae) from midwater and demersal fishes in the north Atlantic Ocean. Canadian Journal of Zoology 66(6):1371-1375.
additional source	Gjøsaeter, J. (1971). Sarcotretes scopeli, a lernaeid copepod new to Norway. Sarsia. 46:97-100, tabs. 1-2. (10-ix-1971).
additional source	Andersen, O., H. Glenner & A.G.V. Salvanes. (2024). The parasitic copepod, Sarcotretes scopeli Jungersen, 1911 castrate its mesopelagic fish host Benthosema glaciale. Marine Biology. 171:1-11.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Sarcotretes scopeli Jungersen, 1911. 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:136002