WoRMS taxon details
Taeniacanthus moa (Lewis A.G., 1967)
AphiaID: 356007
AphiaID: 356007
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Maxillopoda (Class) > Copepoda (Subclass) > Neocopepoda (Infraclass) > Podoplea (Superorder) > Poecilostomatoida (Order) > Taeniacanthidae (Family) > Taeniacanthus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||
| Parent | Taeniacanthus Sumpf, 1871 | |||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Anchistrotos moa Lewis A.G., 1967 (synonym) | |||||||
| Sources |
original description: Lewis, A.G.. 1967. Copepod crustaceans parasitic on teleost fishes of the Hawaiian islands. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 121(374):1-204, figs. 1-70. (22-vi-1967) [details] basis of record: Walter, Chad. The world of Copepods. [details] additional source: Tang, D., D. Uyeno & K. Nagasawa 2011 Species of Taeniacanthus Sumpf, 1871 (Crustacea:Copepoda: Taeniacanthidae) parasitic on boxfishes (Tetraodontiformes: Aracanidae and Ostraciidae) from the Indo-West Pacific region, with descriptions. Systematic Parasitology 80:141?157. [details] new combination reference: Dojiri, M. & R.F. Cressey. 1987. Revision of the Taeniacanthidae (Copepoda: Poecilostomatoida) parasitic on fishes and sea urchins. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 447:i-iv, 1-250, figs. 1-166. [details] | |||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||
| Feedingtypes |
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Ostracion cubicus Linnaeus, 1758 [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Ostracion meleagris Shaw, 1796 [details] | |||||||
| Links | To Encyclopedia of Life To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Copepod Collection To ITIS | |||||||
| Note |
Distribution: Fiji Islands; Honolulu, Hawaii; Japan; Australia; Indonesia [details] | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:356007 | |||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Walter, T. Chad (2013). Taeniacanthus moa (Lewis A.G., 1967). 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=356007 on 2013-06-19 | ||||||||
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