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Sphyrion laevigatum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) 
AphiaID: 355752

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Maxillopoda (Class) > Copepoda (Subclass) > Neocopepoda (Infraclass) > Podoplea (Superorder) > Siphonostomatoida (Order) > Sphyriidae (Family) > Sphyrion (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Sphyrion Cuvier, 1830
Synonymised
taxa
  Chondracanthus laevigatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 (not a chondracanthid)
Sphyrion australicus Thor, 1900 (synonym according to Ho (1992))
Sphyrion delagei Quidor, 1912 (synonym according to Ho (1992))
Sphyrion kingi Cunningham, 1871 (synonym according to Ho (1992))
Sphyrion kroyeri (Thomson G.M., 1890) (synonym according to Ho (1992))
Sphyrion stewarti Quidor, 1912 (synonym according to Ho (1992))
Sources  basis of record: Walter, Chad. The world of Copepods. [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]

context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Feedingtypes  adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Coelorhynchus fasciatus (Günther, 1878) accepted as Coelorinchus fasciatus (Günther, 1878) [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Genypterus blacodes (Forster, 1801) [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Genypterus capensis (Smith, 1847) [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Merluccius australis (Hutton, 1872) [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Merluccius polli Cadenat, 1950 [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Merluccius polylepis Ginsburg, 1954 accepted as Merluccius australis (Hutton, 1872) [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Copepod Collection
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:355752
Taxonomic
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2008-07-15 14:41:49Z  created  Walter, T. Chad
  
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  Citation: Walter, T. Chad (2013). Sphyrion laevigatum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824). 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=355752 on 2013-05-26
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