WoRMS taxon details
Mappates plataxus Rangnekar, 1958
353238 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:353238)
accepted
Species
Eirgos plataxus (Rangnekar, 1958) · unaccepted (synonym, according to Dojiri & Ho...)
synonym, according to Dojiri & Ho (2013)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Rangnekar, M.P. (1958). Mappates plataxus gen. et sp. nov., a copepod parasitic on the fish Platax teira (Forsk.). Records of the Indian Museum, Calcutta 53:303-308, figs. 1-2. (20-ii-1958) [details] Available for editors 
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Distribution India, Sri Lanka, Taiwan
Taxonomic remark Kirtisinghe 1964 says this is a synonym of Eirgos plateaus
Distribution India, Sri Lanka, Taiwan [details]
Taxonomic remark Kirtisinghe 1964 says this is a synonym of Eirgos plateaus
Taxonomic remark Kirtisinghe 1964 says this is a synonym of Eirgos plateaus [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Mappates plataxus Rangnekar, 1958. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=353238 on 2025-04-28
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Nomenclature
original description
Rangnekar, M.P. (1958). Mappates plataxus gen. et sp. nov., a copepod parasitic on the fish Platax teira (Forsk.). Records of the Indian Museum, Calcutta 53:303-308, figs. 1-2. (20-ii-1958) [details] Available for editors [request]
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redescription
Dojiri, M. & J.S.Ho. (2013). Systematics of the Caligidae, copepods parasitic on marine fishes. Crustaceana Monographs 18()i-xii, 1-448. [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription Boxshall, G.A. (2018). The sea lice (Copepoda: Caligidae) of Moreton Bay (Queensland, Australia), with descriptions of thirteen new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4398(1): 1-172., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4398.1.1 [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription Hameed, M.S. & N.K. Pillai. (1973). Redescription of Mappates plataxus Rangnekar (Copepoda: Caligidae). Hydrobiologia 42(4):403-411, figs. 1-18. (28-ix-1973) [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]redescription Boxshall, G.A. (2018). The sea lice (Copepoda: Caligidae) of Moreton Bay (Queensland, Australia), with descriptions of thirteen new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4398(1): 1-172., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4398.1.1 [details] Available for editors
[request]redescription Hameed, M.S. & N.K. Pillai. (1973). Redescription of Mappates plataxus Rangnekar (Copepoda: Caligidae). Hydrobiologia 42(4):403-411, figs. 1-18. (28-ix-1973) [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Bernot, J.P, G.A. Boxshall, T.C. Kihara & P.M. Arbizu. (2025). An Updated Key to the Genera of Caligidae (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida.). <em>Journal of Parasitology.</em> 111(1):10-25., available online at https://doi.org/10.1645/24-97 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Ho, J.S. & C.L. Lin. (2004). Sea lice of Taiwan (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Caligidae). <em>The Sueichan Press, Keelung, Taiwan.</em> 388 pp. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kirtisinghe, P. (1964). A review of the parasitic copepods of fish recorded from Ceylon, with descriptions of additional forms. Bulletin of the Fisheries Research Station, Sri Lanka (Ceylon) 17(1):45-132, figs. 1-191. (vi-1964) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Ramakrishnan, P. (1980). Revision of the Caligidae (Copepoda) with special reference to the Indian fauna. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Kerala 400pp. + 15 plates. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Pillai, N.K. (1967). Copepods parasitic on Indian marine fishes. A review. In: Proceedings of the Symposium on Crustacea. Symposium Series, Marine Biological Association of India (2)5:1556-1680, figs. 1-266. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Pillai, N.K. (1967). Description of a new species of Anuretes (Copepoda: Caligidae) and comments on the validity of a few caligid genera. Zoologischer Anzeiger 178(5-6):358-367, figs. 1-22, tab. (v/vi-1967) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Pillai, N.K. (1977). Copepods parasitic on Platax riera in Indian waters. Aquatic Biology 2:53-60. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Pillai, N.K. (1985). Copepod Parasites of Marine Fishes. <em>In: The Fauna of India. Zoological Society of India, Calcutta.</em> 900pp., figs. 1-279.
page(s): 467 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Ho, J.S. & C.L. Lin. (2004). Sea lice of Taiwan (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Caligidae). <em>The Sueichan Press, Keelung, Taiwan.</em> 388 pp. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Kirtisinghe, P. (1964). A review of the parasitic copepods of fish recorded from Ceylon, with descriptions of additional forms. Bulletin of the Fisheries Research Station, Sri Lanka (Ceylon) 17(1):45-132, figs. 1-191. (vi-1964) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Ramakrishnan, P. (1980). Revision of the Caligidae (Copepoda) with special reference to the Indian fauna. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Kerala 400pp. + 15 plates. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Pillai, N.K. (1967). Copepods parasitic on Indian marine fishes. A review. In: Proceedings of the Symposium on Crustacea. Symposium Series, Marine Biological Association of India (2)5:1556-1680, figs. 1-266. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Pillai, N.K. (1967). Description of a new species of Anuretes (Copepoda: Caligidae) and comments on the validity of a few caligid genera. Zoologischer Anzeiger 178(5-6):358-367, figs. 1-22, tab. (v/vi-1967) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Pillai, N.K. (1977). Copepods parasitic on Platax riera in Indian waters. Aquatic Biology 2:53-60. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Pillai, N.K. (1985). Copepod Parasites of Marine Fishes. <em>In: The Fauna of India. Zoological Society of India, Calcutta.</em> 900pp., figs. 1-279.
page(s): 467 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
