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

Nesippus Heller, 1865

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Nessipus*	Heller, 1865	orthographic variant

Children

Nesippus borealis Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861
Nesippus orientalis Heller, 1865

Literature

original description	Heller, C. (1865). Crustaceen. [Crustacea]. Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erdre, in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair, Zoologischer Theil, Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Wien, Band. 2 (Abtheilung 3): 1–280, pls. 1–25.
additional source	Wilson, C.B. (1907). North American parasitic copepods belonging to the family Caligidae. Parts 3 and 4.- A revision of the Pandarinae and the Cecropinae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 33(1573):323-490, pls. 17-43. (31-xii-1907).
additional source	Pillai, N.K. (1985). Copepod Parasites of Marine Fishes. In: The Fauna of India. Zoological Society of India, Calcutta. 900pp., figs. 1-279.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Nesippus Heller, 1865. 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:347583