WoRMS taxon details

Modiolicola maximus (Thompson I.C., 1893)

128885  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:128885)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Crustacea (Subphylum)
  5. Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  6. Copepoda (Class)
  7. Neocopepoda (Infraclass)
  8. Podoplea (Superorder)
  9. Cyclopoida (Order)
  10. Ergasilida (Suborder)
  11. Lichomolgidae (Family)
  12. Modiolicola (Genus)
  13. Modiolicola maximus (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Lichomolgus maximus Thompson I.C., 1893) Thompson, I.C. (1893). Revised report on the Copepoda of Liverpool Bay. <em>In: Herdman, W.A., Report on the Fauna of Liverpool Bay, Transactions of the Liverpool Biological Society.</em> 7: 81-136, pls. 1-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6948119 [details] OpenAccess publication
Distribution England, Scotland, Ireland, France  
Distribution England, Scotland, Ireland, France [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Modiolicola maximus (Thompson I.C., 1893). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=128885 on 2025-05-13
Date
action
by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Boxshall, Geoff
2008-08-06 13:32:15Z
changed
Walter, T. Chad

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Nomenclature

original description (of Lichomolgus maximus Thompson I.C., 1893) Thompson, I.C. (1893). Revised report on the Copepoda of Liverpool Bay. <em>In: Herdman, W.A., Report on the Fauna of Liverpool Bay, Transactions of the Liverpool Biological Society.</em> 7: 81-136, pls. 1-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6948119 [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 252-268 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

Other

additional source Humes, A.G. & J.H. Stock. (1973). A revision of the family Lichomolgidae Kossman, 1877, cyclopoid copepods mainly associated with marine invertebrates. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 127: i-v, 1-368, figs. 1-187. (12-xi-1973). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Reddiah, K. & D.I. Williamson. (1959). On Modiolicola inermis Canu and Modiolicola maxima (Thompson), lichomolgid copepods associated with pectinid lamellibranchs. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 13(1):689-701, figs. 1-3. (6-ii-1959) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Distribution England, Scotland, Ireland, France [details]
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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Lichomolgus maximus Thompson I.C., 1893)
To PESI 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Lichomolgus maximus Thompson I.C., 1893)