WoRMS taxon details
Splanchnotrophus Hancock & Norman, 1863
348053 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:348053)
accepted
Genus
Splanchnotrophus gracilis Hancock & Norman, 1863 (type by original designation)
- Species Splanchnotrophus angulatus Hecht, 1893
- Species Splanchnotrophus dellachiajei Delamare Deboutteville, 1951
- Species Splanchnotrophus gracilis Hancock & Norman, 1863
- Species Splanchnotrophus helianthus Uyeno & Nagasawa, 2012
- Species Splanchnotrophus imagawai Uyeno & Nagasawa, 2012
- Species Splanchnotrophus willemi Canu, 1891
- Species Splanchnotrophus brevipes Hancock & Norman, 1863 accepted as Lomanoticola brevipes (Hancock & Norman, 1863) (synonym)
- Species Splanchnotrophus elysiae Jensen, 1990 accepted as Arthurius elysiae (Jensen, 1990)
- Species Splanchnotrophus insolens (Scott, T. & Scott A., 1895) accepted as Lomanoticola insolens Scott T. & Scott A., 1895
- Species Splanchnotrophus sacculatus O'Donoghue, 1924 accepted as Ceratosomicola sacculata (O'Donoghue, 1924)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Hancock, A. & A.M. Norman. (1863). On Splanchnotrophus, an undescribed genus of Crustacea, parasitic on nudibranchiate Mollusca. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 24:49-60, pls. 15-16., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1863.tb00152.x [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Splanchnotrophus Hancock & Norman, 1863. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=348053 on 2026-09-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Hancock, A. & A.M. Norman. (1863). On Splanchnotrophus, an undescribed genus of Crustacea, parasitic on nudibranchiate Mollusca. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 24:49-60, pls. 15-16., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1863.tb00152.x [details] 
Other
additional source
Delamare Deboutteville, C. (1951). Description du mâle du genre Splanchnotrophus Hancock et Norman (Crust. Copepoda). [Description of the male of the genus Splanchnotrophus Hancock and Norman (Crust. Copepoda).]. <em>Vie et Milieu.</em> 2(3):367-370, figs. 1-10. [details] Available for editors
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Biology In this genus the males are ectoparasitic the females are endoparasitic [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ヒマワリウミウシヤドリ属 | [details] |