WoRMS taxon details
Elaphoidella Chappuis, 1929
347106 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:347106)
accepted
Genus
Elaphoidella elaphoides (Chappuis, 1924) represented as Elaphoidella elaphoides elaphoides (Chappuis, 1924) (type by original designation)
Elaphoidellopsis Apostolov, 1985 · unaccepted (Synonym of Elaphoidella (Wells,...)
Synonym of Elaphoidella (Wells, 2007: 93)
Praelaphoidella Apostolov, 1991 · unaccepted (considered insuffiently...)
considered insuffiently argumented and diagnosed, thus synonymized with Elaphoidella
Stygoelaphoidella Apostolov, 1985 · unaccepted
brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Elaphoidella Chappuis, 1929. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=347106 on 2026-06-24
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Nomenclature
original description
Chappuis, P.A. (1929). Révision du genre Canthocamptus Westwood (Note préliminaire). [Revision of the genus Canthocamptus Westwood (Preliminary note).]. <em>Buletinul Societatii de Stiinte din Cluj.</em> 4(2):41-50. (27-i-1929) [received Dec 1928]. [details] Available for editors 
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original description (of Elaphoidellopsis Apostolov, 1985) Apostolov, A. (1985). Étude sur quelques copépodes harpacticoïdes du genre Elaphoidella Chappuis, 1929 de Bulgarie avec une rèvision du genre. [Study on some harpacticoid copepods of the genus Elaphoidella Chappuis, 1929 from Bulgaria with a revision of the genus.]. <em>Acta Musei Macedonici Scientiarum Naturalium, Skopje.</em> 17(7/145):133-163, figs. 1-6. (20-viii-1985, English and Serbo-Croatian summaries). [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Praelaphoidella Apostolov, 1991) Apostolov, A. (1991). Les harpacticoïdes (Copepoda) des eaux souterraines de Bulgarie. [Harpacticoids (Copepoda) from the groundwaters of Bulgaria.]. <em>Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona.</em> 15:327-337, figs. 1-5. (for 1988). [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Stygoelaphoidella Apostolov, 1985) Apostolov, A. (1985). Étude sur quelques copépodes harpacticoïdes du genre Elaphoidella Chappuis, 1929 de Bulgarie avec une rèvision du genre. [Study on some harpacticoid copepods of the genus Elaphoidella Chappuis, 1929 from Bulgaria with a revision of the genus.]. <em>Acta Musei Macedonici Scientiarum Naturalium, Skopje.</em> 17(7/145):133-163, figs. 1-6. (20-viii-1985, English and Serbo-Croatian summaries). [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]original description (of Elaphoidellopsis Apostolov, 1985) Apostolov, A. (1985). Étude sur quelques copépodes harpacticoïdes du genre Elaphoidella Chappuis, 1929 de Bulgarie avec une rèvision du genre. [Study on some harpacticoid copepods of the genus Elaphoidella Chappuis, 1929 from Bulgaria with a revision of the genus.]. <em>Acta Musei Macedonici Scientiarum Naturalium, Skopje.</em> 17(7/145):133-163, figs. 1-6. (20-viii-1985, English and Serbo-Croatian summaries). [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Praelaphoidella Apostolov, 1991) Apostolov, A. (1991). Les harpacticoïdes (Copepoda) des eaux souterraines de Bulgarie. [Harpacticoids (Copepoda) from the groundwaters of Bulgaria.]. <em>Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona.</em> 15:327-337, figs. 1-5. (for 1988). [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Stygoelaphoidella Apostolov, 1985) Apostolov, A. (1985). Étude sur quelques copépodes harpacticoïdes du genre Elaphoidella Chappuis, 1929 de Bulgarie avec une rèvision du genre. [Study on some harpacticoid copepods of the genus Elaphoidella Chappuis, 1929 from Bulgaria with a revision of the genus.]. <em>Acta Musei Macedonici Scientiarum Naturalium, Skopje.</em> 17(7/145):133-163, figs. 1-6. (20-viii-1985, English and Serbo-Croatian summaries). [details] Available for editors
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identification resource
Boonyanusith, C., Brancelj, A. & Sanoamuang, L. (2024). Two new species of Elaphoidella (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) from subterranean waters in northeast Thailand, with a record of a gynandromorphic specimen and an up-to-date key to Elaphoidella species from Southeast Asia. <em>Diversity.</em> 16: 185., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/16/3/185
note: The authors presented two keys to the females and males of Elaphoidella from Southeast Asia. [details] Available for editors [request]
note: The authors presented two keys to the females and males of Elaphoidella from Southeast Asia. [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Chappuis, P.A. (1929). Die Unterfamilie der Canthocamptinae. [The subfamily Canthocamptinae.]. <em>Archiv für Hydrobiologie.</em> 20:471-516. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Chappuis, P.A. (1956). Notes sur les Copépodes. 23. Le genre Elaphoidella Chappuis. [Notes on Copepods. 23. The Genus Elaphoidella Chappuis.]. <em>Notes Biospéologiques.</em> 11:61-71.
note: Key to the species of the genus presented [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Dussart, B.H. (1967). Les Copépodes des eaux continentales d'Europe occidentale. Tome I: Calanoïdes et Harpacticoïdes. [Copepods of the continental waters of Western Europe. Volume I: Calanoids and Harpacticoids.]. <em>N. Boubée et Cie, Paris.</em> 500 pp.
page(s): 369 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Löffler, H. (1965). Die Gattung Elaphoidella (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) in Österreich. [The genus Elaphoidella (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) in Austria.]. <em>Anzeiger der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch- Naturwissenschaftlichen Klasse.</em> 102:218-220, figs. a-m. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Lewis, M.H. (1980). Systematic studies on the New Zealand freshwater Harpacticoida (Crustacea: Copepoda). <em>Ph.D. Thesis, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.</em> 314 pp., available online at https://hdl.handle.net/2292/1599
note: The author described a form of Elaphoidella, Elaphoidella sp. [details]
[request]additional source Chappuis, P.A. (1956). Notes sur les Copépodes. 23. Le genre Elaphoidella Chappuis. [Notes on Copepods. 23. The Genus Elaphoidella Chappuis.]. <em>Notes Biospéologiques.</em> 11:61-71.
note: Key to the species of the genus presented [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Dussart, B.H. (1967). Les Copépodes des eaux continentales d'Europe occidentale. Tome I: Calanoïdes et Harpacticoïdes. [Copepods of the continental waters of Western Europe. Volume I: Calanoids and Harpacticoids.]. <em>N. Boubée et Cie, Paris.</em> 500 pp.
page(s): 369 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Löffler, H. (1965). Die Gattung Elaphoidella (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) in Österreich. [The genus Elaphoidella (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) in Austria.]. <em>Anzeiger der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch- Naturwissenschaftlichen Klasse.</em> 102:218-220, figs. a-m. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Lewis, M.H. (1980). Systematic studies on the New Zealand freshwater Harpacticoida (Crustacea: Copepoda). <em>Ph.D. Thesis, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.</em> 314 pp., available online at https://hdl.handle.net/2292/1599
note: The author described a form of Elaphoidella, Elaphoidella sp. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Elaphoidella 
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Elaphoidellopsis (from synonym Elaphoidellopsis Apostolov, 1985)
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Praelaphoidella (from synonym Praelaphoidella Apostolov, 1991)
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Stygoelaphoidella (from synonym Stygoelaphoidella Apostolov, 1985)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Elaphoidella)
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ CRT 285480 Elaphoidella sp. dorsal length 26 photo)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ CRT 285480 Elaphoidella sp. lateral length 26 photo)
To ITIS
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Elaphoidellopsis
(from synonym Elaphoidellopsis Apostolov, 1985)3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Praelaphoidella
(from synonym Praelaphoidella Apostolov, 1991)3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Stygoelaphoidella
(from synonym Stygoelaphoidella Apostolov, 1985)To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Elaphoidella)
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ CRT 285480 Elaphoidella sp. dorsal length 26 photo)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ CRT 285480 Elaphoidella sp. lateral length 26 photo)
To ITIS
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