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Anthosoma crassum (Abildgaard, 1794) 
AphiaID: 135797

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Maxillopoda (Class) > Copepoda (Subclass) > Neocopepoda (Infraclass) > Podoplea (Superorder) > Siphonostomatoida (Order) > Dichelesthiidae (Family) > Anthosoma (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Anthosoma Leach, 1816
Synonymised
taxa
  Anthosoma imbricata (Risso, 1826) (synonym)
Anthosoma smithi Leach, 1816
Caligus crassus Abildgaard, 1794
Caligus imbricatus Risso, 1816 (synonym)
Caligus smithii Lamarck, 1818 (synonym)
Otrophesia imbricata Risso, 1826 (synonym)
Sources  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: Hogans, W.E.. 1995. Parasitic Copepoda in the collection of the Atlantic Reference Centre, St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada. Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 2028:1-6. [details]

additional source: Bradford-Grieve, J.M.; Wells, J.B. J.; Ho, J. (2009). Copepoda (Crustacea). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details]

additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

from synonym: Walter, Chad. The world of Copepods. [details] [view taxon]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Gulf of Maine [details]
New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Feedingtypes  adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Carcharias ferox (Risso, 1810) accepted as Odontaspis ferox (Risso, 1810) [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Carcharias taurus Rafinesque, 1810 [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus, 1758) [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Cetonurus crassiceps (Günther, 1878) [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Cetorhinus maximus (Gunnerus, 1765) [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Galeorhinus australis (Macleay, 1881) accepted as Galeorhinus galeus (Linnaeus, 1758) [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Galeorhinus galeus (Linnaeus, 1758) [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Heptranchias perlo (Bonnaterre, 1788) [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Isurus bideni Phillipps, 1932 accepted as Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque, 1810 [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Isurus glaucus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Prionace glauca (Linnaeus, 1758) [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Isurus guentheri (Murray, 1884) accepted as Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque, 1810 [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Isurus mako Whitley, 1929 accepted as Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque, 1810 [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Isurus oxyrhincus Rafinesque, 1810 accepted as Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque, 1810 [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque, 1810 [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Lamna ditropis Hubbs & Follett, 1947 [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Lamna nasus (Bonnaterre, 1788) [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Mola mola (Linnaeus, 1758) [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Prionace glauca (Linnaeus, 1758) [details]
Links To Antarctic Invertebrates
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Copepod Collection
To ITIS
Notes  Distribution: North and south Atlantic; Mediterranean; Adriatic; North and South Pacific; western part of Indian Ocean. [details]

Habitat: parasitic species (host: e.g. Carcharodon carcharias, Great White Shark) [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135797
Taxonomic
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Boxshall, Geoff
  
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  Citation: Boxshall, G. (2013). Anthosoma crassum. In: Walter, T.C. & Boxshall, G. (2013). World of Copepods database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135797 on 2013-05-20
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