World Register of Deep-Sea species - Elytrophora Gerstaecker, 1853

Deep-Sea name details

Elytrophora Gerstaecker, 1853

Elytrophora brachyptera from Brian, A 1906

AphiaID

347108 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:347108)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (synonym)

Accepted name

Euryphorus Milne Edwards H., 1840

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Elytrophora brachyptera Gerstaecker, 1853 accepted as Euryphorus brachypterus (Gerstaecker, 1853) (type by original designation)

Parent

Caligidae Burmeister, 1835

Original name

Elytrophora Gerstaecker, 1853

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Species Elytrophora brachyptera Gerstaecker, 1853 accepted as Euryphorus brachypterus (Gerstaecker, 1853) (synonym)
Species Elytrophora hemiptera Wilson C.B., 1921 accepted as Euryphorus brachypterus (Gerstaecker, 1853) (synonym)
Species Elytrophora indica Shiino, 1958 accepted as Euryphorus brachypterus (Gerstaecker, 1853) (synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Gerstaecker, A. (1853). Über eine neue und eine weniger gekannte Siphonostomen-Gattung. [On a new and a lesser known genus of siphonostomes.]. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 19(1):58-70, pls. 3-4. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Elytrophora Gerstaecker, 1853. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=347108 on 2025-05-24

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Elytrophora Gerstaecker, 1853. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=347108 on 2025-05-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-07-15 11:49:29Z

created

Walter, T. Chad

2008-08-04 10:50:30Z

changed

Walter, T. Chad

2009-03-07 15:57:14Z

changed

Boxshall, Geoff

2015-05-11 06:37:22Z

changed

Walter, T. Chad

2024-01-09 12:38:38Z

changed

Walter, T. Chad

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original description Gerstaecker, A. (1853). Über eine neue und eine weniger gekannte Siphonostomen-Gattung. [On a new and a lesser known genus of siphonostomes.]. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 19(1):58-70, pls. 3-4. [details]

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.
page(s): 492 [details] Available for editors