WoRMS taxon details
Cybicola Bassett-Smith, 1898
347032 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:347032)
accepted
Genus
Cybicola armatus (Bassett-Smith, 1898) (type by original designation)
Helleria Bassett-Smith, 1898 · unaccepted (synonym)
Paracycnus Heegaard, 1962 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pseudocycnoides Yamaguti, 1963 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pseudocycnopsis Yamaguti, 1963 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Species Cybicola armatus (Bassett-Smith, 1898)
- Species Cybicola buccatus (Wilson C.B., 1922)
- Species Cybicola elongata Pearse, 1951 accepted as Cybicola buccatus (Wilson C.B., 1922) (synonym)
- Species Cybicola scomberomori (Yamaguti, 1939) accepted as Pseudocycnoides scomberomori (Yamaguti, 1939)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Bassett-Smith, P.W. (1898). Some new or rare parasitic copepods found on fish in the Indo-tropic region. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)2:357-372, pls. 10-12. (xi-1898) [details] 
Taxonomy Cybicola was proposed by Bassett-Smith as a replacement name for Helleria. It was not used in combination with any specific...
Taxonomy Cybicola was proposed by Bassett-Smith as a replacement name for Helleria. It was not used in combination with any specific epithet, which might indicate gender, so the gender is masculine following Article 30.1.4.2 of the Code [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Cybicola Bassett-Smith, 1898. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=347032 on 2025-05-03
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Nomenclature
original description
Bassett-Smith, P.W. (1898). Some new or rare parasitic copepods found on fish in the Indo-tropic region. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)2:357-372, pls. 10-12. (xi-1898) [details]
original description (of Helleria Bassett-Smith, 1898) Bassett-Smith, P.W. (1898). Some new parasitic Copepoda found on fish at Bombay. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)1:1-17, pls. 1-7. (i-1898) [details]
original description (of Paracycnus Heegaard, 1962) Heegaard, P.E. (1962). Parasitic Copepoda from Australian waters. Records of the Australian Museum 25(9):149-234, figs. 1-250. (28-v-1962) [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Pseudocycnoides Yamaguti, 1963) Yamaguti, S. (1963). Parasitic Copepoda and Branchiura of Fishes. <em>Wiley Interscience, New York.</em> 1104 pp., 333 pls. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Pseudocycnopsis Yamaguti, 1963) Yamaguti, S. (1963). Parasitic Copepoda and Branchiura of Fishes. <em>Wiley Interscience, New York.</em> 1104 pp., 333 pls. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Helleria Bassett-Smith, 1898) Bassett-Smith, P.W. (1898). Some new parasitic Copepoda found on fish at Bombay. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)1:1-17, pls. 1-7. (i-1898) [details]
original description (of Paracycnus Heegaard, 1962) Heegaard, P.E. (1962). Parasitic Copepoda from Australian waters. Records of the Australian Museum 25(9):149-234, figs. 1-250. (28-v-1962) [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Pseudocycnoides Yamaguti, 1963) Yamaguti, S. (1963). Parasitic Copepoda and Branchiura of Fishes. <em>Wiley Interscience, New York.</em> 1104 pp., 333 pls. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Pseudocycnopsis Yamaguti, 1963) Yamaguti, S. (1963). Parasitic Copepoda and Branchiura of Fishes. <em>Wiley Interscience, New York.</em> 1104 pp., 333 pls. [details] Available for editors
[request]Other
context source (PeRMS)
Luque, J.L., C. Cruces, J. Chero, F. Paschoal, P.V. Alves, A.C. Silva, L. Sanchez & J. Iannacone. (2016). Checklist of metazoan parasites of fishes from Peru. Lista de verificación de los metazoos parásitos de peces de Perú. <em>Neotropical Helminthology.</em> 10(2), jul-dic: 301-375. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Wilson, C.B. (1922). North American parasitic copepods belonging to the family Dichelestiidae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 60(5)(2400):1-100, pls. 1-13. (22-iii-1922). [details]
[request]additional source Wilson, C.B. (1922). North American parasitic copepods belonging to the family Dichelestiidae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 60(5)(2400):1-100, pls. 1-13. (22-iii-1922). [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Cybicola was proposed by Bassett-Smith as a replacement name for Helleria. It was not used in combination with any specific epithet, which might indicate gender, so the gender is masculine following Article 30.1.4.2 of the Code [details]
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Cybicola 
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Helleria (from synonym Helleria Bassett-Smith, 1898)
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Paracycnus (from synonym Paracycnus Heegaard, 1962)
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Pseudocycnoides (from synonym Pseudocycnoides Yamaguti, 1963)
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Pseudocycnopsis (from synonym Pseudocycnopsis Yamaguti, 1963)
3x5 J.S. Ho Taxonomic Card - Cybicola
3x5 J.S. Ho Taxonomic Card - Paracycnus (from synonym Paracycnus Heegaard, 1962)
3x5 J.S. Ho Taxonomic Card - Pseudocycnoides (from synonym Pseudocycnoides Yamaguti, 1963)
3x5 J.S. Ho Taxonomic Card - Pseudocycnopsis (from synonym Pseudocycnopsis Yamaguti, 1963)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cybicola)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Helleria) (from synonym Helleria Bassett-Smith, 1898)
To Genbank
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Helleria
(from synonym Helleria Bassett-Smith, 1898)3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Paracycnus
(from synonym Paracycnus Heegaard, 1962)3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Pseudocycnoides
(from synonym Pseudocycnoides Yamaguti, 1963)3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Pseudocycnopsis
(from synonym Pseudocycnopsis Yamaguti, 1963)3x5 J.S. Ho Taxonomic Card - Cybicola
3x5 J.S. Ho Taxonomic Card - Paracycnus
(from synonym Paracycnus Heegaard, 1962)3x5 J.S. Ho Taxonomic Card - Pseudocycnoides
(from synonym Pseudocycnoides Yamaguti, 1963)3x5 J.S. Ho Taxonomic Card - Pseudocycnopsis
(from synonym Pseudocycnopsis Yamaguti, 1963)To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cybicola)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Helleria) (from synonym Helleria Bassett-Smith, 1898)
To Genbank
