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Doridicola agilis Leydig, 1853

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Doridicola agilis Leydig, 1853
Name authority
Leydig, 1853
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Copepoda
Family
Rhynchomolgidae
Genus
Doridicola
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumArthropoda
  4. subphylumCrustacea
  5. classCopepoda Milne Edwards, 1840
  6. infraclassNeocopepoda Huys & Boxshall, 1991
  7. superorderPodoplea Giesbrecht, 1882
  8. familyRhynchomolgidae Humes & Stock, 1972
  9. genusDoridicola Leydig, 1853
  10. speciesDoridicola agilis Leydig, 1853

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Doridicola. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Doridicola antheliae (Humes & Stock, 1973)RhynchomolgidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Doridicola botulosus (Stock & Kleeton, 1963)RhynchomolgidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Doridicola chlamydis (Humes & Stock, 1973)RhynchomolgidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Doridicola confinis (Humes, 1982)RhynchomolgidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Doridicola congoensis (Scott T., 1894)RhynchomolgidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Doridicola connexus Humes, 1986RhynchomolgidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Doridicola cuspis (Humes, 1964)RhynchomolgidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Doridicola helmuti Conradi, Bandera & López-González, 2006RhynchomolgidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Doridicola hetaericus (Humes & Ho, 1968)RhynchomolgidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Doridicola hirsutipes (Scott T., 1893)RhynchomolgidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Doridicola indistinctus Ho & Ivanenko, 2013RhynchomolgidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Doridicola larani Brunckhorst, 1985RhynchomolgidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 24 records assigned to Rhynchomolgidae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Eolidicola tenax Sars M., 1862 Sars M., 1862synonym
Lichomolgus agilis (Leydig, 1853) (Leydig, 1853)synonym
Lichomolgus chromodoridis Della Valle, 1880 Della Valle, 1880synonym
Lichomolgus concinnus Scott T., 1892 Scott T., 1892synonym
Lichomolgus tenax (Sars M., 1862) (Sars M., 1862)synonym
Lichomolgus doridicola Claus, 1889 Claus, 1889synonym

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. Leydig, F. (1853). Neuer Schmarotzerkrebse auf einem Weichthiere. [pNew parasitic copepod on a mollusk.]. Zeitschrift Für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie, Zoologische Notizen, 4377–382, pl. 14 figs. 1–8. (18–iv–1853). Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:37D44. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.