WoRMS taxon details
Onychopygus Humes & Cressey, 1958
347625 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:347625)
accepted
Genus
Onychopygus impavidus Humes & Cressey, 1958 (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Humes, A.G. & R.F. Cressey. (1958). A new family containing two new genera of cyclopoid copepods parasitic on starfishes. Journal of Parasitology 44(4):395-408, pls. 1-8. (viii-1958), available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/3274323 [details] Available for editors
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Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Onychopygus Humes & Cressey, 1958. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=347625 on 2026-05-20
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Nomenclature
original description
Humes, A.G. & R.F. Cressey. (1958). A new family containing two new genera of cyclopoid copepods parasitic on starfishes. Journal of Parasitology 44(4):395-408, pls. 1-8. (viii-1958), available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/3274323 [details] Available for editors
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