WoRMS name details

Clausidium testudo Kossmann, 1874

350129  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:350129)

  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. Clausidiidae (Family)
  12. Clausidium (Genus)
  13. Clausidium testudo (Species)
 unaccepted (synonymy)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Kossmann, R. (1874). Ueber Clausidium testudo, einen neuen Copepoden, nebst Bemerkungen über das System der halbparasitischen Copepoden. [On Clausidium testudo, a new copepod, with remarks on the system of semi-parasitic copepods.]. <em>Verhandlungen der Physikalisch-Medizinische Gesellschaft zur Wurzburg n. ser.</em> 7: 280-294, pl. 6. [details] OpenAccess publication
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Clausidium testudo Kossmann, 1874. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=350129 on 2025-05-13
Date
action
by
2008-07-15 14:41:49Z
created
Walter, T. Chad
2018-01-15 12:24:31Z
changed
Boxshall, Geoff
2019-02-18 12:04:56Z
changed
Boxshall, Geoff

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Nomenclature

original description Kossmann, R. (1874). Ueber Clausidium testudo, einen neuen Copepoden, nebst Bemerkungen über das System der halbparasitischen Copepoden. [On Clausidium testudo, a new copepod, with remarks on the system of semi-parasitic copepods.]. <em>Verhandlungen der Physikalisch-Medizinische Gesellschaft zur Wurzburg n. ser.</em> 7: 280-294, pl. 6. [details] OpenAccess publication

Taxonomy

source of synonymy Sepahvand, V., T.C. Kihara & G.A. Boxshall. (2019). A new species of Clausidium Kossmann, 1874 (Copepoda: Cyclopoida) associated with ghost shrimps from the Persian Gulf, including female-male interlocking mechanisms and remarks on host specificity. <em>Systematic Parasitology.</em> 96(2):171–189., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-019-09839-x [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]