Sphaerifer

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ergasilida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Copepoda Infraclassis: Neocopepoda Superordo: Podoplea Ordo: Cyclopoida Subordo: Ergasilida

Familia: Philichthyidae
Genus: Sphaerifer
Species: S. corvinae – S. leydigi

Name

Sphaerifer Richiardi, 1876

• Type species: Sphaerifer cornutus Richiardi, 1876 (by original designation) = accepted as Sphaerifer corvinae (Leydig, 1851)

Synonymy

• Sphaerosoma Leydig, 1851: 261, pl. III; figs. 2, 3 (junior homonym of Sphaerosoma Stephens, 1832, Coleoptera)
  • Type species: Sphaerosoma corvinae Leydig, 1851

References

Primary references

• Richiardi, S. 1876. Sopra lo Sphaerifer cornutus, Rich. (Sphaerosoma corvinae, Leydig) ed una nuova specie del genere Philichthys Steenst., Ph. sciaenae, Rich. Atti della Società Toscana di Scienze Naturali, Processi Verbali e Memorie, Serie B. 2(2): 99–111. BHL Reference page. 
• Leydig, F. 1851. Ueber ein neues parasitisches Krustenthier. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 17(1): 259–262. BHL Reference page.