WoRMS taxon details
Alebion carchariae Krøyer, 1863
AphiaID: 135818
AphiaID: 135818
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Maxillopoda (Class) > Copepoda (Subclass) > Neocopepoda (Infraclass) > Podoplea (Superorder) > Siphonostomatoida (Order) > Caligidae (Family) > Alebion (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||
| Typetaxon of |
Alebion Krøyer, 1863 | |||||||
| Parent | Alebion Krøyer, 1863 | |||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Alebion difficilis van Beneden, 1892 (synonym) Alebion fuscus Wilson C.B., 1921 (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: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] from synonym: Walter, Chad. The world of Copepods. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Wilson, C.B.. 1921. New species and a new genus of parasitic copepods. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 59(2354):1-17, pls. 1-7. (10-vi-1921). [details] [view taxon] | |||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||
| Distribution | European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Gulf of Maine [details] North West Atlantic [details] | |||||||
| Feedingtypes |
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Carcharhinus albimarginatus (Rüppell, 1837) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Carcharhinus falciformis (Müller & Henle, 1839) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Carcharhinus leucas (Müller & Henle, 1839) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Carcharhinus maculipinnis (Poey, 1865) accepted as Carcharhinus brevipinna (Müller & Henle, 1839) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Carcharhinus obscurus (Lesueur, 1818) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Carcharhinus plumbeus (Nardo, 1827) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Carcharias taurus Rafinesque, 1810 [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus, 1758) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Coryphaena equisetis Osbeck, 1765 accepted as Coryphaena equiselis Linnaeus, 1758 [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Galeocerdo cuvier (Péron & Lesueur, 1822) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Isurus guentheri (Murray, 1884) accepted as Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque, 1810 [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Prionace glauca (Linnaeus, 1758) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Sphyrna diplana Springer, 1941 accepted as Sphyrna lewini (Griffith & Smith, 1834) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Sphyrna leweni (Griffith & Smith, 1834) accepted as Sphyrna lewini (Griffith & Smith, 1834) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Sphyrna tudes (Valenciennes, 1822) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Sphyrna zygaena (Linnaeus, 1758) [details] | |||||||
| Links | To Antarctic Invertebrates To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Copepod Collection To ITIS | |||||||
| Notes |
Distribution: Nova Scotia to South America [details] Habitat: parasitic species (host: e.g. Carcharias taurus, Sand tiger shark) [details] | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135818 | |||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Boxshall, G. (2013). Alebion carchariae Krøyer, 1863. 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=135818 on 2013-05-24 | ||||||||
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