North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Clavella Oken, 1815

Van Beneden (1871, pl. 2)

AphiaID

135598 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135598)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Lernaeopodidae Milne Edwards, 1840

Original name

Clavella Oken, 1815

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Species Clavella adunca (Strøm, 1762)
Species Clavella denticis (Krøyer, 1863)
Species Clavella pinguis Wilson C.B., 1915
Species Clavella stellata (Krøyer, 1838)
Species Clavella uncinata (Müller O.F., 1776)
Species Clavella alata Brian, 1909 accepted as Praeclavella alata (Brian, 1909) (unaccepted > superseded combination, generic transfer according to Castro-Romero et al. (2022))
Species Clavella stichaei (Krøyer, 1863) accepted as Praeclavella stichaei (Krøyer, 1863) (generic transfer according to Castro-Romero et al. (2022))

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Oken, L. (1815 - 1816). Lehrbuch der Naturgeschichte. Dritter Theil: Zoologie. [Textbook of Natural History. Part Three: Zoology.]. 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]. 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]

Taxonomic citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Clavella Oken, 1815. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135598 on 2026-08-14

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Clavella Oken, 1815. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=135598 on 2026-08-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Boxshall, Geoff

2011-04-05 08:08:50Z

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Boxshall, Geoff

2022-01-23 17:56:21Z

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Walter, T. Chad

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original description Oken, L. (1815 - 1816). Lehrbuch der Naturgeschichte. Dritter Theil: Zoologie. [Textbook of Natural History. Part Three: Zoology.]. 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]. 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. Revista Ibero-Latinoamericana de Parasitologia. 1: 56–64. [details]

basis of record Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 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. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France. 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]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 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. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 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. American Naturalist. 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. The Ray Society, London. 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.]. Revista da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa. (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. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils. 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). Journal of Parasitology Research. 2020:8891448., available online at https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/8891448 [details] Available for editors