Pleuromamma xiphias
creator: Boxshall, Geoff
creator: Kouwenberg, Juliana
date: 2026-08-01
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Pleuromamma xiphias (Giesbrecht, 1889)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Pleuromamma xiphias (Giesbrecht, 1889). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104643 on 2026-08-01
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
modified: 2008-05-09T12:41:55Z
replaces: 365857
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Pleuromamma xiphias (Giesbrecht, 1889)
class: Copepoda
family: Metridinidae
genus: Pleuromamma
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Giesbrecht, W. (1899). Die Asterocheriden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres- Abschnitte. The Asterocherids of the Gulf of Naples and the adjacent marine areas. Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel und der Angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte, Herausgegeben von der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel. 25:i-vi, 1-217, pls. 1-11.
name published in year: 1899
order: Calanoida
parent name usage ID: 104191
phylum: Arthropoda
scientific name authorship: (Giesbrecht, 1889)
specific epithet: xiphias
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted