WoRMS taxon details
Anthessius Della Valle, 1880
128607 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:128607)
accepted
Genus
Anthessius solecurti Della Valle, 1880 (type by original designation)
Pseudomolgus Sars G.O., 1916 · unaccepted (synonym)
Tridacnophilus Nair, 1988 · unaccepted (synonym according to Ho, 1997)
- Species Anthessius alatus Humes & Stock, 1965
- Species Anthessius alpheusicolous Conradi, Marin & Martin, 2012
- Species Anthessius amicalis Humes & Stock, 1965
- Species Anthessius antarcticus Moles, Avila & Kim I.H., 2015
- Species Anthessius arcuatus López-González, Conradi, Naranjo & Garcia-Gómez, 1992
- Species Anthessius arenicolus (Brady, 1872)
- Species Anthessius atrinae Suh & Choi, 1991
- Species Anthessius brevicauda (Leigh-Sharpe, 1934)
- Species Anthessius brevifurca Sewell, 1949
- Species Anthessius concinnus (Scott A., 1909)
- Species Anthessius cucullatus Lee & I.H. Kim, 2021
- Species Anthessius dilatatus (Sars G.O., 1918)
- Species Anthessius discipedatus Humes, 1976
- Species Anthessius distensus Humes & Ho, 1965
- Species Anthessius dolabellae Humes & Ho, 1965
- Species Anthessius fitchi Illg, 1960
- Species Anthessius graciliunguis Do & Kajihara, 1984
- Species Anthessius groenlandicus (Hansen, 1923)
- Species Anthessius hawaiiensis (Wilson C.B., 1921)
- Species Anthessius investigatoris Sewell, 1949
- Species Anthessius isamusi Uyeno & Nagasawa, 2012
- Species Anthessius kimjensis Suh, 1993
- Species Anthessius leptostylis (Sars G.O., 1916)
- Species Anthessius lighti Illg, 1960
- Species Anthessius longipedis Ho & Kim I.H., 1992
- Species Anthessius lophiomi Avdeev & Kazachenko, 1986
- Species Anthessius minor Stock, 1959
- Species Anthessius mytilicolus Reddiah, 1966
- Species Anthessius navanacis (Wilson C.B., 1935)
- Species Anthessius nortoni Illg, 1960
- Species Anthessius nosybensis Kim I.H., 2009
- Species Anthessius obtusispina Ho, 1983
- Species Anthessius ovalipes Stock, Humes & Gooding, 1963
- Species Anthessius pectinis Tanaka, 1961
- Species Anthessius pinctadae Humes, 1973
- Species Anthessius pinnae Humes, 1959
- Species Anthessius placunae Lalitha Devi, 1984
- Species Anthessius pleurobrancheae Della Valle, 1880
- Species Anthessius pleurobranchi Claus, 1889
- Species Anthessius proximus Stock, Humes & Gooding, 1963
- Species Anthessius rarus Lee & I.H. Kim, 2021
- Species Anthessius saecularis Stock, 1964
- Species Anthessius sensitivus Stock, Humes & Gooding, 1963
- Species Anthessius solecurti Della Valle, 1880
- Species Anthessius solidus Humes & Stock, 1965
- Species Anthessius stylocheili Humes & Ho, 1965
- Species Anthessius teissieri Bocquet & Stock, 1958
- Species Anthessius tuberculatus Lee & I.H. Kim, 2021
- Species Anthessius varidens Stock, Humes & Gooding, 1963
- Species Anthessius projectus Kim I.H., 1993 accepted as Anthessius kimjensis Suh, 1993 (synonym according to I.H.Kim cited in Conradi et al., 2012)
- Species Anthessius solenocurti Della Valle, 1880 accepted as Anthessius solecurti Della Valle, 1880 (misspelling)
- Species Anthessius spinosus (Raffaele & Monticelli, 1885) accepted as Pseudomyicola spinosus (Raffaele & Monticelli, 1885) represented as Pseudomyicola spinosus spinosus (Raffaele & Monticelli, 1885) (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Della Valle, A. (1880). Sui coriceidi parassiti, e sull'anatomia del gen. Lichomolgus. [On the parasitic coryceids, and on the anatomy of the genus Lichomolgus.]. <em>Atti della Reale Accademia dei Lincei, Memorie della Classe di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali, Rome.</em> 3(5):107-124, 2 pls. [fpr 1879].
page(s): 121 [details]
page(s): 121 [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Anthessius Della Valle, 1880. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=128607 on 2025-12-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Della Valle, A. (1880). Sui coriceidi parassiti, e sull'anatomia del gen. Lichomolgus. [On the parasitic coryceids, and on the anatomy of the genus Lichomolgus.]. <em>Atti della Reale Accademia dei Lincei, Memorie della Classe di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali, Rome.</em> 3(5):107-124, 2 pls. [fpr 1879].
page(s): 121 [details]
original description (of Pseudomolgus Sars G.O., 1916) Sars, G.O. (1916). Liste systématique des Cyclopoidés, Harpacticoidés et Monstrilloidés recueillis pendant les campagnes de S.A.S. le Prince Albert de Monaco, avec descriptions et figures des espèces nouvelles. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographie (Fondation Albert Ier, Prince de Monaco.</em> 323:1-23. [details]
original description (of Tridacnophilus Nair, 1988) Nair, B. Unnikrishnan. (1988). Anthessius spp. (Anthessidae) associated with Tridacnidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) removed to a new genus Tridachnophilus. <em>In: Boxshall, G.A. & H.K. Schminke (eds.). Biology of Copepods. Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Copepoda. Developments in Hydrobiolology 47, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Hydrobiologia.</em> 47(167/168):567-569. [details] Available for editors
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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]
page(s): 121 [details]
original description (of Pseudomolgus Sars G.O., 1916) Sars, G.O. (1916). Liste systématique des Cyclopoidés, Harpacticoidés et Monstrilloidés recueillis pendant les campagnes de S.A.S. le Prince Albert de Monaco, avec descriptions et figures des espèces nouvelles. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographie (Fondation Albert Ier, Prince de Monaco.</em> 323:1-23. [details]
original description (of Tridacnophilus Nair, 1988) Nair, B. Unnikrishnan. (1988). Anthessius spp. (Anthessidae) associated with Tridacnidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) removed to a new genus Tridachnophilus. <em>In: Boxshall, G.A. & H.K. Schminke (eds.). Biology of Copepods. Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Copepoda. Developments in Hydrobiolology 47, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Hydrobiologia.</em> 47(167/168):567-569. [details] Available for editors
[request]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]
Other
additional source
Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
additional source Ho, J.S. (1983). A new species of copepod associated with Pleurobranchaea californica (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia) with discussion on Anthessius associated with notaspidean sea slugs. Veliger, Berkeley 25(4):393-398, figs. 1-3. (1-iv-1983) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Ho, J.S. (1997). Cladistics of the Anthessius Della Valle, 1880: a major genus of Poecilostome Copepods parasitic on mollusca. Phuket Marine Biological Center Special Publication 17(2):483-493. figs.1-4, tbls.1-4. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Ho, J.S. (1983). A new species of copepod associated with Pleurobranchaea californica (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia) with discussion on Anthessius associated with notaspidean sea slugs. Veliger, Berkeley 25(4):393-398, figs. 1-3. (1-iv-1983) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Ho, J.S. (1997). Cladistics of the Anthessius Della Valle, 1880: a major genus of Poecilostome Copepods parasitic on mollusca. Phuket Marine Biological Center Special Publication 17(2):483-493. figs.1-4, tbls.1-4. [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Anthessius 
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Pseudomolgus (from synonym Pseudomolgus Sars G.O., 1916)
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Tridacnophilus (from synonym Tridacnophilus Nair, 1988)
3x5 J.S. Ho Taxonomic Card - Anthessius
3x5 J.S. Ho Taxonomic Card - Pseudomolgus (from synonym Pseudomolgus Sars G.O., 1916)
3x5 J.S. Ho Taxonomic Card - Tridachnophilus (from synonym Tridacnophilus Nair, 1988)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Anthessius)
To Genbank
To ITIS
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Pseudomolgus
(from synonym Pseudomolgus Sars G.O., 1916)3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Tridacnophilus
(from synonym Tridacnophilus Nair, 1988)3x5 J.S. Ho Taxonomic Card - Anthessius
3x5 J.S. Ho Taxonomic Card - Pseudomolgus
(from synonym Pseudomolgus Sars G.O., 1916)3x5 J.S. Ho Taxonomic Card - Tridachnophilus
(from synonym Tridacnophilus Nair, 1988)To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Anthessius)
To Genbank
To ITIS
