| Copepod evolution R Huys, G Boxshall The Ray Society, 1991 | 2300 | 1991 |
| An introduction to copepod diversity. GA Boxshall, SH Halsey | 1722 | 2004 |
| Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness ZQ Zhang Magnolia press, 2011 | 1542* | 2011 |
| The magnitude of global marine species diversity W Appeltans, ST Ahyong, G Anderson, MV Angel, T Artois, N Bailly, ... Current biology 22 (23), 2189-2202, 2012 | 1414 | 2012 |
| A dictionary of ecology, evolution and systematics RJ Lincoln, GA Boxshall, PF Clark | 1170* | 1998 |
| World of Copepods database TC Walter, G Boxshall World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved on June 24th, 2018 | 540 | 2018 |
| Global diversity of copepods (Crustacea: Copepoda) in freshwater GA Boxshall, D Defaye Hydrobiologia 595 (1), 195-207, 2008 | 457 | 2008 |
| World register of marine species W Appeltans, P Bouchet, GA Boxshall, K Fauchald, DP Gordon, ... | 432* | 2012 |
| The salmon louse Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Copepoda: Caligidae) life cycle has only two chalimus stages LA Hamre, C Eichner, CMA Caipang, ST Dalvin, JE Bron, F Nilsen, ... PloS one 8 (9), e73539, 2013 | 370 | 2013 |
| The evolution of arthropod limbs GA Boxshall Biological Reviews 79 (2), 253-300, 2004 | 297 | 2004 |
| Coastal marine zooplankton: a practical manual for students CD Todd, MS Laverack, G Boxshall Cambridge University Press, 1996 | 284 | 1996 |
| Global coordination and standardisation in marine biodiversity through the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) and related databases MJ Costello, P Bouchet, G Boxshall, K Fauchald, D Gordon, ... PloS one 8 (1), e51629, 2013 | 271 | 2013 |
| New species in the Old World: Europe as a frontier in biodiversity exploration, a test bed for 21st century taxonomy B Fontaine, K Van Achterberg, MA Alonso-Zarazaga, R Araujo, M Asche, ... PLoS One 7 (5), e36881, 2012 | 170 | 2012 |
| On the identity of the common Caligus (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Caligidae) from salmonid netpen systems in southern Chile. GA Boxshall, S Bravo Contributions to Zoology 69 (1/2), 137-146, 2000 | 163 | 2000 |
| Infections with parasitic copepods in North Sea marine fishes GA Boxshall Journal of the marine biological Association of the United Kingdom 54 (2 …, 1974 | 161 | 1974 |
| The European union’s 2010 target: putting rare species in focus B Fontaine, P Bouchet, K Van Achterberg, MA Alonso-Zarazaga, R Araujo, ... Biological conservation 139 (1-2), 167-185, 2007 | 138 | 2007 |
| The ontogeny and phylogeny of copepod antennules GA Boxshall, R Huys Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B …, 1998 | 137 | 1998 |
| Pathogens of wild and farmed fish: sea lice GA Boxshall, D Defaye CRC Press, 1993 | 134 | 1993 |
| The comparative anatomy of two copepods, a predatory calanoid and a particle-feeding mormonilloid GA Boxshall Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. B, Biological …, 1985 | 130 | 1985 |
| Making waves: the repeated colonization of fresh water by copepod crustaceans GA Boxshall, D Jaume Advances in Ecological Research 31, 61-79, 2000 | 126 | 2000 |