WoRMS taxon details

Leptinogaster major (Williams, 1907)

157749  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157749)

accepted
Species
Lichomolgus major Williams, 1907 · unaccepted (synonym)
Myicola major (Williams, 1907) · unaccepted (synonym)
Myicola spinosa Pearse, 1947 · unaccepted (synonym)
Myocheres major (Williams, 1907) · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Distribution Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Cheticamp, including the...  
Distribution Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Cheticamp, including the Northumberland Strait and Georges Bay to the Canso Strait causeway) [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2024). World of Copepods Database. Leptinogaster major (Williams, 1907). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157749 on 2024-04-24
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2005-05-24 07:32:08Z
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2010-06-30 11:19:04Z
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original description  (of Myicola spinosa Pearse, 1947) Pearse, A.S. (1947). Parasitic copepods from Beaufort, North Carolina. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 63(1):1-16, figs. 1-51. (vi-1947) [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

basis of record Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Humes, A.G. (1986). Copepodids and adults of Leptinogaster major (Williams, 1907), a poecilostomatoid copepod living in Mya arenaria L. and other marine bivalve mollusks. Fishery Bulletin, United States National Marine Fisheries Service 85(2):227-245, figs. 1-9, tabs. 1-3. (04.1986). [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Distribution Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Cheticamp, including the Northumberland Strait and Georges Bay to the Canso Strait causeway) [details]

Habitat endoparasite of invertebrates. intertidal [details]