Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Class Maxillopoda > Subclass Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Podoplea > Order Siphonostomatoida > Family Dichelesthiidae > Genus Dichelesthium

Dichelesthium oblongum (Abildgaard, 1794)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Caligus O.F. Müller, 1785

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Dichelesthium*	Hermann, 1804	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Caligus oblongum*	Abildgaard, 1794	objective 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	Hogans, W.E.. 1995. Parasitic Copepoda in the collection of the Atlantic Reference Centre, St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada. Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 2028:1-6.
additional source	Kabata, 1988

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Copepod Collection
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Boxshall, G. (2014). Dichelesthium oblongum (Abildgaard, 1794). In: Walter, T.C. & Boxshall, G. (2014). World of Copepods database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135798

Dr Geoffrey Boxshall. Dichelesthium oblongum (Abildgaard, 1794). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=192750