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Ascomyzon Thorell, 1859 
AphiaID: 149853

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Maxillopoda (Class) > Copepoda (Subclass) > Neocopepoda (Infraclass) > Podoplea (Superorder) > Siphonostomatoida (Order) > Asterocheridae (Family)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (synonym)
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Asterocheres Boeck, 1859
Rank Genus
Parent Asterocheridae Giesbrecht, 1899
Sources  basis of record: The World of Copepods, available online at http://invertebrates.si.edu/copepod/ [details]

source of synonymy: Walter, Chad. The world of Copepods. [details]

Direct child
taxa
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Species Ascomyzon abyssi Hansen, 1923 accepted as Asterocheres abyssi (Hansen, 1923)
Species Ascomyzon asterocheres Sars G.O., 1915 accepted as Asterocheres lilljeborgi Boeck, 1859
Species Ascomyzon bacescui Marcus, 1965 accepted as Asterocheres bacescui Marcus, 1965
Species Ascomyzon boecki Sars G.O., 1915 accepted as Asterocheres boecki (Brady, 1880) represented as Asterocheres boeckii (Brady, 1880)
Species Ascomyzon carausi Marcus & Por, 1960 accepted as Asterocheres carausi (Marcus & Por, 1960)
Species Ascomyzon comatulae Rosoll, 1888 accepted as Collocheres gracilicauda (Brady, 1880)
Species Ascomyzon echinicola Norman, 1869 accepted as Asterocheres echinicola (Norman, 1869)
Species Ascomyzon intermedium Hansen, 1923 accepted as Asterocheres intermedius (Hansen, 1923)
Species Ascomyzon latum Sars G.O., 1915 accepted as Asterocheres latus (Brady, 1872)
Species Ascomyzon lilljeborgii Thorell, 1859 accepted as Asterocheres thorelli (Sars G.O., 1879) accepted as Dermatomyzon nigripes (Brady & Robertson D., 1875)
Species Ascomyzon micheli Gurney, 1927 accepted as Asterocheres micheli Gurney, 1927
Species Ascomyzon nigripes Brady & Robertson D., 1875 accepted as Asterocheres nigripes (Brady & Robertson, D., 1875) accepted as Dermatomyzon nigripes (Brady & Robertson D., 1875)
Species Ascomyzon ornatum Brady & Robertson, D., 1875 accepted as Asterocheres ornatus (Brady & Robertson D., 1875)
Species Ascomyzon parvum Sars G.O., 1915 accepted as Asterocheres echinicola (Norman, 1869)
Species Ascomyzon rubrum Campbell, 1929 accepted as Asterocheres ruber Stock, 1966
Species Ascomyzon simulans T. Scott, 1898 accepted as Asterocheres simulans (T. Scott, 1898)
Species Ascomyzon tenerum Hansen, 1923 accepted as Asterocheres tenerus (Hansen, 1923)
Species Ascomyzon thompsoni Scott A., 1896 accepted as Asterocheres violaceus (Claus, 1889) accepted as Asterocheres echinicola (Norman, 1869)
Species Ascomyzon thorelli G.O. Sars, 1879 accepted as Dermatomyzon nigripes (Brady & Robertson D., 1875)
Species Ascomyzon ventricosum Brian, 1928 accepted as Asterocheres ventricosum (Brian, 1928) represented as Asterocheres ventricosus (Brian, 1928)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Feedingtype  parasite [details]
Links 3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Ascomyzon
3x5 J.S. Ho Taxonomic Card - Ascomyzon
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:149853
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-03-30 12:51:50Z  created  Cuvelier, Daphne
2008-08-04 10:50:30Z  changed  Walter, T. Chad
  
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  Citation: Walter, T. Chad (2013). Ascomyzon Thorell, 1859. In: Walter, T.C., Boxshall, G. (2013). World Copepoda database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=149853 on 2013-05-26
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