MSBIAS taxon details
Clavella Oken, 1815
135598 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135598)
accepted
Genus
- Species Clavella adunca (Strøm, 1762)
- Species Clavella stellata (Krøyer, 1838)
- Species Clavella alata Brian, 1909 accepted as Praeclavella alata (Brian, 1909) (unaccepted > superseded combination, generic transfer according to Castro-Romero et al. (2022))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Oken, L. (1815 - 1816). Lehrbuch der Naturgeschichte. Dritter Theil: Zoologie. [Textbook of Natural History. Part Three: Zoology.]. <em>Erste Abtheilung: Fleischlose Thiere,Leipzig: C.H. Reclam & Jena: A. Schmid, [book (3rd vol part one, of 3 vols, including plates atlas of T.1, 1813].</em> xxviii + 842 pp. + xviii, 40 pls. L [copepods 180-184, 357-359, 4 plates]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.166403 [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Clavella Oken, 1815. 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=135598 on 2026-08-10
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. Clavella Oken, 1815. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/MSBIAS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135598 on 2026-08-10
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Oken, L. (1815 - 1816). Lehrbuch der Naturgeschichte. Dritter Theil: Zoologie. [Textbook of Natural History. Part Three: Zoology.]. <em>Erste Abtheilung: Fleischlose Thiere,Leipzig: C.H. Reclam & Jena: A. Schmid, [book (3rd vol part one, of 3 vols, including plates atlas of T.1, 1813].</em> xxviii + 842 pp. + xviii, 40 pls. L [copepods 180-184, 357-359, 4 plates]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.166403 [details]
context source (PeRMS) Iannacone, J., Alvarino, L. (2009). Quantitative aspects on the parasite fauna of Anisotremus scapularis (Tschudi) (Osteichthyes, Haemulidae) captured during artisanal fishery at Chorrillos, Lima, Peru. <em>Revista Ibero-Latinoamericana de Parasitologia.</em> 1: 56–64. [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 Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, Opinion. (1995). Clavella Oken, 1815 and Pennella Oken, 1815 (Crustacea, Copepoda): conserved, and Pennella diodontis Oken, 1815: Specific name conserved. <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 52(3):279-280. [details] Available for editors
additional source Boxshall, G.A. (1993). Comment on the proposed conservation of Clavella Oken, 1815 and Pennella Oken, 1815 (Crustacea, Copepoda). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 50(4):285-286., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.1876 [details] Available for editors
additional source Gentry, A. (1994). Comments on the proposed conservation of Clavella Oken, 1815 and Pennella Oken, 1815 (Crustacea, Copepoda). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 51(4):339., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.7240 [details]
additional source Cope, E.D. (1872). On the Wyandotte Cave and its fauna. <em>American Naturalist.</em> 6: 406-422. [details]
additional source Kabata, Z. (1970). Three copepods (Crustacea) parasitic on fishes of the genus Lepidion Swainson, 1838 (Pisces: Teleostei). Journal of Parasitology 56(1):175-184, figs. 1-51. (ii-1970), available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/3277478 [details] Available for editors
additional source Kabata, Z. (1979). Parasitic Copepoda of British Fishes. <em>The Ray Society, London.</em> 152: i-xii, 1-468, figs. 1-203. [details] Available for editors
additional source Kabata, Z. (1988). Copepoda and Brachiura. In: Margolis, L. & Z. Kabata (eds.). Guide to the parasites of fishes of Canada. Part II. Crustacea. Canadian Special Publication in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 101:3-127, figs. 1-53. (French summary). [details] Available for editors
additional source Kabata, Z. (1993). Clavella Oken, 1815 and Pennella Oken, 1815 (Crustacea, Copepoda): proposed conservation. Case 836. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 50(4):273-276., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.1872 [details] Available for editors
additional source Nuñes-Ruivo, L. (1957). Contribution a l'étude des variations morphologiques de Clavella adunca (H. Strom), copépode parasite de Gadus callarias L., considérations sur quelques Clavella parasites des Gadidae. [Contribution to the study of the morphological variations of Clavella adunca (H. Strom), parasitic copepod of Gadus callarias L., considerations on some Clavella parasites of the Gadidae.]. <em>Revista da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa.</em> (2c)5(2):229-256, figs. 1-7. [details] Available for editors
additional source Rice, D.W. (1994). Comments on the proposed conservation of Clavella Oken, 1815 and Pennella Oken, 1815 (Crustacea, Copepoda). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 51(4):338-339., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.7240 [details] Available for editors
additional source Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils.</em> pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.). [details] Available for editors
additional source Murray, H.M., J.M. Hanlon, K. Marshall & C. Morris. (2020). A Redescription of the Bulla, Antennae, and Mouth Parts of Female Clavella sp. (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Lernaeopodidae) Infesting Wild Gadus morhua Using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). <em>Journal of Parasitology Research.</em> 2020:8891448., available online at https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/8891448 [details] Available for editors
context source (PeRMS) Iannacone, J., Alvarino, L. (2009). Quantitative aspects on the parasite fauna of Anisotremus scapularis (Tschudi) (Osteichthyes, Haemulidae) captured during artisanal fishery at Chorrillos, Lima, Peru. <em>Revista Ibero-Latinoamericana de Parasitologia.</em> 1: 56–64. [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 Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, Opinion. (1995). Clavella Oken, 1815 and Pennella Oken, 1815 (Crustacea, Copepoda): conserved, and Pennella diodontis Oken, 1815: Specific name conserved. <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 52(3):279-280. [details] Available for editors
additional source Boxshall, G.A. (1993). Comment on the proposed conservation of Clavella Oken, 1815 and Pennella Oken, 1815 (Crustacea, Copepoda). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 50(4):285-286., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.1876 [details] Available for editors
additional source Gentry, A. (1994). Comments on the proposed conservation of Clavella Oken, 1815 and Pennella Oken, 1815 (Crustacea, Copepoda). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 51(4):339., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.7240 [details]
additional source Cope, E.D. (1872). On the Wyandotte Cave and its fauna. <em>American Naturalist.</em> 6: 406-422. [details]
additional source Kabata, Z. (1970). Three copepods (Crustacea) parasitic on fishes of the genus Lepidion Swainson, 1838 (Pisces: Teleostei). Journal of Parasitology 56(1):175-184, figs. 1-51. (ii-1970), available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/3277478 [details] Available for editors
additional source Kabata, Z. (1979). Parasitic Copepoda of British Fishes. <em>The Ray Society, London.</em> 152: i-xii, 1-468, figs. 1-203. [details] Available for editors
additional source Kabata, Z. (1988). Copepoda and Brachiura. In: Margolis, L. & Z. Kabata (eds.). Guide to the parasites of fishes of Canada. Part II. Crustacea. Canadian Special Publication in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 101:3-127, figs. 1-53. (French summary). [details] Available for editors
additional source Kabata, Z. (1993). Clavella Oken, 1815 and Pennella Oken, 1815 (Crustacea, Copepoda): proposed conservation. Case 836. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 50(4):273-276., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.1872 [details] Available for editors
additional source Nuñes-Ruivo, L. (1957). Contribution a l'étude des variations morphologiques de Clavella adunca (H. Strom), copépode parasite de Gadus callarias L., considérations sur quelques Clavella parasites des Gadidae. [Contribution to the study of the morphological variations of Clavella adunca (H. Strom), parasitic copepod of Gadus callarias L., considerations on some Clavella parasites of the Gadidae.]. <em>Revista da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa.</em> (2c)5(2):229-256, figs. 1-7. [details] Available for editors
additional source Rice, D.W. (1994). Comments on the proposed conservation of Clavella Oken, 1815 and Pennella Oken, 1815 (Crustacea, Copepoda). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 51(4):338-339., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.7240 [details] Available for editors
additional source Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils.</em> pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.). [details] Available for editors
additional source Murray, H.M., J.M. Hanlon, K. Marshall & C. Morris. (2020). A Redescription of the Bulla, Antennae, and Mouth Parts of Female Clavella sp. (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Lernaeopodidae) Infesting Wild Gadus morhua Using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). <em>Journal of Parasitology Research.</em> 2020:8891448., available online at https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/8891448 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Clavella 
3x5 J.S. Ho Taxonomic Card - Clavella
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Clavella)
To ITIS
3x5 J.S. Ho Taxonomic Card - Clavella
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Clavella)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
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