MSBIAS taxon details
Lichomolgus canui Sars G.O., 1917
128875 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:128875)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Lichomolgus canui Sars G.O., 1917. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026) Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=128875 on 2026-08-05
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Lichomolgus canui Sars G.O., 1917. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=128875 on 2026-08-05
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Sars, G.O. (1917). Copepoda Cyclopoida. Parts XI & XII. Clausidiidae, Lichomolgidae (part). <em>An Account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. Bergen Museum, Bergen.</em> 6:141-172, pls. 81-96. (look up in IMIS) [details] 
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]
additional source Costello, M.J., C. Emblow & R. White (EdS.). (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France.</em> 463 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Costanzo, G. (1968). Su Lichomolgus canui G.O. Sars (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) ed alcuni suoi copepoditi del Lago di Faro (Messina). [On Lichomolgus canui G.O. Sars (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) and some of its copepodites from Lago di Faro (Messina).]. <em>Bollettino di Zoologia.</em> 35:27-37, figs. 1-6., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/11250006809436072 [details] Available for editors
additional source Costanzo, G. (1969). Stadi naupliari e primo copepodite di Lichomolgus canui G.O. Sars (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) del Lago di Faro (Messina), allevata sperimentalmente. [Naupliar stages and first copepodite of Lichomolgus canui G.O. Sars (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) from Lake Faro (Messina), experimentally bred.]. <em>Bollettino di Zoologia.</em> 36(2):143-158, figs. 1-7. (2-x-1969)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/11250006909436912 [details] Available for editors
additional source Conradi, M. & P.J. López-González. (1994). Primera cita de Lichomolgus canui G. O. Sars, 1917 (Copepoda, Lichomolgidae) en la Península Ibérica. [First citation of Lichomolgus canui G. O. Sars, 1917 (Copepoda, Lichomolgidae) in the Iberian Peninsula.]. <em>Miscelánea Zoologica, Instituto Municipal de Ciencias Naturales, Barcelona.</em> 17:99-106. (For 1993.). [details] Available for editors
additional source Pastore, M. (2001). Copepods associated with Phallusia mamillata and Ciona intestinalis (Tunicata) in the area of Taranto (Ionian Sea, southern Italy). <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 81(3):427-432., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315401004052 [details] Available for editors
additional source Svavarsson, J. (1990). Life cycle and population dynamics of the symbiotic copepod Lichomolgus canui Sars associated with the ascidian Halocynthia pyriformis (Rathke). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 142(1-2):1-12., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-0981(90)90133-w [details] Available for editors
redescription Kim, I.H.& G.A. Boxshall. (2021). Copepods associated with Ascidian hosts (Tunicata): Intramolgidae and Lichomolgidae, with descriptions of four new genera and 13 new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5013(1): 1-75., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5013.1.1 [details] Available for editors
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]
additional source Costello, M.J., C. Emblow & R. White (EdS.). (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France.</em> 463 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Costanzo, G. (1968). Su Lichomolgus canui G.O. Sars (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) ed alcuni suoi copepoditi del Lago di Faro (Messina). [On Lichomolgus canui G.O. Sars (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) and some of its copepodites from Lago di Faro (Messina).]. <em>Bollettino di Zoologia.</em> 35:27-37, figs. 1-6., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/11250006809436072 [details] Available for editors
additional source Costanzo, G. (1969). Stadi naupliari e primo copepodite di Lichomolgus canui G.O. Sars (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) del Lago di Faro (Messina), allevata sperimentalmente. [Naupliar stages and first copepodite of Lichomolgus canui G.O. Sars (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) from Lake Faro (Messina), experimentally bred.]. <em>Bollettino di Zoologia.</em> 36(2):143-158, figs. 1-7. (2-x-1969)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/11250006909436912 [details] Available for editors
additional source Conradi, M. & P.J. López-González. (1994). Primera cita de Lichomolgus canui G. O. Sars, 1917 (Copepoda, Lichomolgidae) en la Península Ibérica. [First citation of Lichomolgus canui G. O. Sars, 1917 (Copepoda, Lichomolgidae) in the Iberian Peninsula.]. <em>Miscelánea Zoologica, Instituto Municipal de Ciencias Naturales, Barcelona.</em> 17:99-106. (For 1993.). [details] Available for editors
additional source Pastore, M. (2001). Copepods associated with Phallusia mamillata and Ciona intestinalis (Tunicata) in the area of Taranto (Ionian Sea, southern Italy). <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 81(3):427-432., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315401004052 [details] Available for editors
additional source Svavarsson, J. (1990). Life cycle and population dynamics of the symbiotic copepod Lichomolgus canui Sars associated with the ascidian Halocynthia pyriformis (Rathke). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 142(1-2):1-12., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-0981(90)90133-w [details] Available for editors
redescription Kim, I.H.& G.A. Boxshall. (2021). Copepods associated with Ascidian hosts (Tunicata): Intramolgidae and Lichomolgidae, with descriptions of four new genera and 13 new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5013(1): 1-75., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5013.1.1 [details] Available for editors
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