MSBIAS taxon details
Sphaeronella Salensky, 1868
135631 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135631)
accepted
Genus
Sphaeronella leuckarti Salensky, 1868 (type by original designation)
- Species Sphaeronella amphilochi Hansen, 1897
- Species Sphaeronella atyli Hansen, 1897
- Species Sphaeronella callisomae Scott T., 1904
- Species Sphaeronella cluthae Scott T., 1904
- Species Sphaeronella danica Hansen, 1897
- Species Sphaeronella devosae Stock, 1960
- Species Sphaeronella dispar Hansen, 1897
- Species Sphaeronella ecaudata Stock, 1960
- Species Sphaeronella frontalis Hansen, 1897
- Species Sphaeronella insignis Hansen, 1897
- Species Sphaeronella leuckarti Salensky, 1868
- Species Sphaeronella longipes Hansen, 1897
- Species Sphaeronella microcephala Giard & Bonnier, 1893
- Species Sphaeronella minuta Scott T., 1904
- Species Sphaeronella monothrix (Bowman & Kornicker, 1967)
- Species Sphaeronella paradoxa Hansen, 1897
- Species Sphaeronella pygmaea Scott T., 1904
- Species Sphaeronella rotundata Hansen, 1923
- Species Sphaeronella valida Scott T., 1905
- Species Sphaeronella vararensis Scott T., 1905
- Species Sphaeronella pikei Green, 1958 accepted as Sphaeronella minuta Scott T., 1904 (synonym, see O'Reilly et al., 2001)
- Species Sphaeronella leuckartii Salensky, 1868 represented as Sphaeronella leuckarti Salensky, 1868
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Salensky, W. (1868). Sphaeronella leuckarti, ein neuer Schmarotzerkrebs. [Sphaeronella leuckarti, a new parasitic crustacean.]. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 34(1):301-322, pl. 10. [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Sphaeronella Salensky, 1868. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025) Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135631 on 2025-06-04
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025). Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Sphaeronella Salensky, 1868. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135631 on 2025-06-04
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original description
Salensky, W. (1868). Sphaeronella leuckarti, ein neuer Schmarotzerkrebs. [Sphaeronella leuckarti, a new parasitic crustacean.]. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 34(1):301-322, pl. 10. [details]
basis of record Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 252-268 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. <em>Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8.</em> vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
basis of record Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 252-268 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. <em>Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8.</em> vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
