WoRMS taxon details
Cecrops Leach, 1816
135574 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135574)
accepted
Genus
Cecrops latreillii Leach, 1816 (type by original designation)
Oniscus De La Martinière, 1781 · unaccepted (nom. praeocc.)
- Species Cecrops latreillii Leach, 1816
- Species Cecrops achantiivulgaris Hesse, 1883 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, according to Kabata (1979))
- Species Cecrops desmaresti Risso, 1826 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, according to Kabata (1979))
- Species Cecrops fulgens (Telesius, 1819) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Cecrops lutosus (Slabber, 1760) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Cecrops exiguus Wilson C.B., 1923 accepted as Cecrops latreillii Leach, 1816 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, according to Kabata (1979))
- Species Cecrops latreilli Leach, 1816 represented as Cecrops latreillii Leach, 1816
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Leach, W.E. (1816). Annulosa. <em>In Book Series: Encyclopedia Britannica, vol 1 of 5, supplement to the fourth, fifth and sixth editions.</em> 1(2): 401-453, pls. 20-26. (June1816)., available online at https://digital.nls.uk/encyclopaedia-britannica/archive/193057498 [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Cecrops Leach, 1816. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135574 on 2026-09-25
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Nomenclature
original description
Leach, W.E. (1816). Annulosa. <em>In Book Series: Encyclopedia Britannica, vol 1 of 5, supplement to the fourth, fifth and sixth editions.</em> 1(2): 401-453, pls. 20-26. (June1816)., available online at https://digital.nls.uk/encyclopaedia-britannica/archive/193057498 [details]
original description (of Oniscus De La Martinière, 1781) de La Martinière, J. (1787). Mémoire sur quelques insectes. [Memoir on some insects.]. <em>Observations et Mémoires sur la Physique, sur l'Histoire Naturelle et sur les Arts et Métiers, etc.</em> 31: 207-209, 264-266, 365-366, pl. 2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6045531 [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]
original description (of Oniscus De La Martinière, 1781) de La Martinière, J. (1787). Mémoire sur quelques insectes. [Memoir on some insects.]. <em>Observations et Mémoires sur la Physique, sur l'Histoire Naturelle et sur les Arts et Métiers, etc.</em> 31: 207-209, 264-266, 365-366, pl. 2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6045531 [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]
Other
additional source
Kabata, Z. (1979). Parasitic Copepoda of British Fishes. <em>The Ray Society, London.</em> 152: i-xii, 1-468, figs. 1-203. [details] Available for editors 
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additional source Latreille, [P.A.]. (1829). Le Règne Animal Distribué d'Après son Organisation, pour Servir de Base a l'Histoire Naturelle des Animaux et d'Introduction a l'Anatomie Comparée par M. Le Baron Cuvier. Nouvelle Édition, Revue et Augmentée. Vol. 4. Crustacés, Arachnides et Partie des Insectes. Paris: Chez Déterville & Chez Crochard. [The Animal Kingdom Distributed According to its Organization, to Serve as a Basis for the Natural History of Animals and as an Introduction to Comparative Anatomy by Mr. Baron Cuvier. New Edition, Revised and Augmented. Vol. 4. Crustaceans, Arachnids and Part of Insects. Paris: Chez Déterville & Chez Crochard]. <em>In: G. Cuvier, Le Regne Animal, 3nd ed., Paris, 4: 99-101.</em> xxvii + 584 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33374495#page/9/mode/1up [details]
additional source Lucas, H. (1887). Sur le Cecrops Latreillei Leach. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (6)7:31-32. [details]
additional source Wilson, C.B. (1907). North American parasitic copepods belonging to the family Caligidae. Parts 3 and 4.- A revision of the Pandarinae and the Cecropinae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 33(1573):323-490, pls. 17-43. (31-xii-1907)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.33-1573.223 [details]
[request]additional source Latreille, [P.A.]. (1829). Le Règne Animal Distribué d'Après son Organisation, pour Servir de Base a l'Histoire Naturelle des Animaux et d'Introduction a l'Anatomie Comparée par M. Le Baron Cuvier. Nouvelle Édition, Revue et Augmentée. Vol. 4. Crustacés, Arachnides et Partie des Insectes. Paris: Chez Déterville & Chez Crochard. [The Animal Kingdom Distributed According to its Organization, to Serve as a Basis for the Natural History of Animals and as an Introduction to Comparative Anatomy by Mr. Baron Cuvier. New Edition, Revised and Augmented. Vol. 4. Crustaceans, Arachnids and Part of Insects. Paris: Chez Déterville & Chez Crochard]. <em>In: G. Cuvier, Le Regne Animal, 3nd ed., Paris, 4: 99-101.</em> xxvii + 584 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33374495#page/9/mode/1up [details]
additional source Lucas, H. (1887). Sur le Cecrops Latreillei Leach. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (6)7:31-32. [details]
additional source Wilson, C.B. (1907). North American parasitic copepods belonging to the family Caligidae. Parts 3 and 4.- A revision of the Pandarinae and the Cecropinae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 33(1573):323-490, pls. 17-43. (31-xii-1907)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.33-1573.223 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Cecrops 
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Oniscus (from synonym Oniscus De La Martinière, 1781)
3x5 J.S. Ho Taxonomic Card - Cecrops
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Oniscus) (from synonym Oniscus De La Martinière, 1781)
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Oniscus
(from synonym Oniscus De La Martinière, 1781)3x5 J.S. Ho Taxonomic Card - Cecrops
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Oniscus) (from synonym Oniscus De La Martinière, 1781)
From editor or global species database
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