WoRMS name details
Nitokra bdellurae (Liddell, 1912)
359616 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:359616)
alternative representation (both spellings in use)
Species
Nitokra Boeck, 1865 represented as Nitocra Boeck, 1865
Nitocrameira bdellurae Liddell, 1912 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Nitocrameira bdellurae Liddell, 1912) Liddell, J.A. (1912). Nitocrameira bdellurae, nov. gen. et sp., a copepod of the family Canthocamptidae, parasitic in the egg-cases of Bdellura. Journal of the Linnean Society, Zoology 32:87-94, figs. 1-2, pls. 10-11., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1912.tb01770.x [details] 
Taxonomic remark Both Liddell (1912) and Gurney (1930b) obtained the copepods from preserved Limulus specimens deposited in the then...
Taxonomic remark Both Liddell (1912) and Gurney (1930b) obtained the copepods from preserved Limulus specimens deposited in the then Department of Comparative Anatomy in Oxford. The precise origin of the host material is unknown except that it was collected in North America. With the exception of rare extralimital reports, the known range of L. polyphemus broadly encompasses the Atlantic seaboard of the North America from Nova Scotia (Canada) in the north, extending around the Florida peninsula into the Gulf of Mexico to the Yucatan Peninsula (Mexico). It is likely that the distribution of N. bdellurae approximates that of its host.
Liddell (1912) believed that N. bdellurae held an intermediate position between Ameira Boeck, 1865 and Nitocra Boeck, 1865, and, consequently, assigned the species to its own genus, Nitocrameira Liddell, 1912, in the Canthocamptidae. His comparative analysis was primarily based on mouthpart characters. Monard (1927) transferred the genus to the Ameiridae, noting that it hardly differed from Ameira. Gurney (1927) remarked that N. bdellurae appeared to be identical with Nitocra divaricata Chappuis, 1923, but upon re-examination of material of both species withdrew this statement in a later paper (Gurney 1930b), confirming their distinctiveness and different generic assignment. Lang (1948) eventually subsumed Nitocrameira under Nitocra. Note that the species name “bdellurae” is based on Liddell’s (1912) incorrect spelling of the host genus, i.e. Bdellura instead of Bdelloura. Boxshall & Halsey (2004: 8) erroneously included it in their category of symbiotic copepods from freshwater habitats. [details]
Liddell (1912) believed that N. bdellurae held an intermediate position between Ameira Boeck, 1865 and Nitocra Boeck, 1865, and, consequently, assigned the species to its own genus, Nitocrameira Liddell, 1912, in the Canthocamptidae. His comparative analysis was primarily based on mouthpart characters. Monard (1927) transferred the genus to the Ameiridae, noting that it hardly differed from Ameira. Gurney (1927) remarked that N. bdellurae appeared to be identical with Nitocra divaricata Chappuis, 1923, but upon re-examination of material of both species withdrew this statement in a later paper (Gurney 1930b), confirming their distinctiveness and different generic assignment. Lang (1948) eventually subsumed Nitocrameira under Nitocra. Note that the species name “bdellurae” is based on Liddell’s (1912) incorrect spelling of the host genus, i.e. Bdellura instead of Bdelloura. Boxshall & Halsey (2004: 8) erroneously included it in their category of symbiotic copepods from freshwater habitats. [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Nitokra bdellurae (Liddell, 1912). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=359616 on 2026-05-22
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Nomenclature
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(of Nitocrameira bdellurae Liddell, 1912) Liddell, J.A. (1912). Nitocrameira bdellurae, nov. gen. et sp., a copepod of the family Canthocamptidae, parasitic in the egg-cases of Bdellura. Journal of the Linnean Society, Zoology 32:87-94, figs. 1-2, pls. 10-11., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1912.tb01770.x [details]
Other
additional source
Gurney, R. (1930). Notes on certain species of fresh-water Copepoda. 1. A new species of Moraria. 2. Two commensal species of Harpacticoida. Zoologischer Anzeiger 90(3-4):105-112. (1-viii-1930) [details] Available for editors 
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additional source Huys, R. (2016). Harpacticoid copepods—their symbiotic associations and biogenic substrata: a review. <em>. In Huys, R. (Ed.), Recent Developments in Taxonomy and Biodiversity of Symbiotic Copepoda (Crustacea) – A Volume in Celebration of the Career of Prof. Il-Hoi Kim. Zootaxa.</em> 4174:448-729., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4174.1.3 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Huys, R. (2016). Harpacticoid copepods—their symbiotic associations and biogenic substrata: a review. <em>. In Huys, R. (Ed.), Recent Developments in Taxonomy and Biodiversity of Symbiotic Copepoda (Crustacea) – A Volume in Celebration of the Career of Prof. Il-Hoi Kim. Zootaxa.</em> 4174:448-729., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4174.1.3 [details] Available for editors
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Taxonomic remark Both Liddell (1912) and Gurney (1930b) obtained the copepods from preserved Limulus specimens deposited in the then Department of Comparative Anatomy in Oxford. The precise origin of the host material is unknown except that it was collected in North America. With the exception of rare extralimital reports, the known range of L. polyphemus broadly encompasses the Atlantic seaboard of the North America from Nova Scotia (Canada) in the north, extending around the Florida peninsula into the Gulf of Mexico to the Yucatan Peninsula (Mexico). It is likely that the distribution of N. bdellurae approximates that of its host.Liddell (1912) believed that N. bdellurae held an intermediate position between Ameira Boeck, 1865 and Nitocra Boeck, 1865, and, consequently, assigned the species to its own genus, Nitocrameira Liddell, 1912, in the Canthocamptidae. His comparative analysis was primarily based on mouthpart characters. Monard (1927) transferred the genus to the Ameiridae, noting that it hardly differed from Ameira. Gurney (1927) remarked that N. bdellurae appeared to be identical with Nitocra divaricata Chappuis, 1923, but upon re-examination of material of both species withdrew this statement in a later paper (Gurney 1930b), confirming their distinctiveness and different generic assignment. Lang (1948) eventually subsumed Nitocrameira under Nitocra. Note that the species name “bdellurae” is based on Liddell’s (1912) incorrect spelling of the host genus, i.e. Bdellura instead of Bdelloura. Boxshall & Halsey (2004: 8) erroneously included it in their category of symbiotic copepods from freshwater habitats. [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Nitocrameira bdellurae Liddell, 1912)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 078454)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Nitocrameira bdellurae Liddell, 1912)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 078454)
To ITIS
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