WoRMS name details
Clavella devastatrix Leigh-Sharpe, 1925
350141 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:350141)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Leigh-Sharpe, W.H. (1925). A revision of the British species of Clavella (Crustacea, Copepoda) with a diagnosis of new species: C. devastatrix and C. invicta. Parasitology, Cambridge 17:194-200, figs. 1-4. (18-v-1925), available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031182000004583 [details] Available for editors 
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Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Clavella devastatrix Leigh-Sharpe, 1925. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=350141 on 2026-06-17
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Nomenclature
original description
Leigh-Sharpe, W.H. (1925). A revision of the British species of Clavella (Crustacea, Copepoda) with a diagnosis of new species: C. devastatrix and C. invicta. Parasitology, Cambridge 17:194-200, figs. 1-4. (18-v-1925), available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031182000004583 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Kabata, Z. (1963). Clavella (Copepoda) parasitic on British Gadidae: one species or several? Crustaceana, Leiden 5(1):64-74, figs. 1-2. (30-i-1963), available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/156854063x00066 [details] Available for editors [request]
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additional source
Schuurmans Stekhoven, J.H. Jr. (1936). Copepoda Parasitica from the Belgian coast. II. (Included some habitats in the North-Sea). <em>Mémoires du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique.</em> 74:1-20, pls. 1-5. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Leigh-Sharpe, W.H. (1926). A list of parasitic Copepoda found at Plymouth, with a note on the bulla of Clavella devastatrix. Parasitology, Cambridge 18(4):384-386, fig. 1. (xii-1926), available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031182000005370 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Leigh-Sharpe, W.H. (1926). A list of parasitic Copepoda found at Plymouth, with a note on the bulla of Clavella devastatrix. Parasitology, Cambridge 18(4):384-386, fig. 1. (xii-1926), available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031182000005370 [details] Available for editors
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