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Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorTaeniacanthus moa (Lewis A.G., 1967) 
AphiaID: 356007

Classification: Biota > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAnimalia (Kingdom) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorArthropoda (Phylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCrustacea (Subphylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMulticrustacea (Superclass) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHexanauplia (Class) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCopepoda (Subclass) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorNeocopepoda (Infraclass) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPodoplea (Superorder) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCyclopoida (Order) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPoecilostomatoida (Suborder) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorTaeniacanthidae (Family) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorTaeniacanthus (Genus) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorTaeniacanthus moa (Species)
Status accepted
Rank Species
Parent Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorTaeniacanthus Sumpf, 1871
Orig. name Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAnchistrotos moa Lewis A.G., 1967
Synonymised
names		  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAnchistrotos 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]

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]

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Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution 
From editor or global species database
North Pacific Ocean
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHawaiian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Feedingtypes  adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorOstracion cubicus Linnaeus, 1758 [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorOstracion meleagris Shaw, 1796 [details]
Links Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Encyclopedia of Life 
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorTo USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (4 records) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo ITIS
Note 
From editor or global species database
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorDistribution Fiji Islands; Honolulu, Hawaii; Japan; Australia; Indonesia [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:356007
Taxonomic
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2008-07-15 14:41:49Z  created  Walter, T. Chad
  
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  Citation: Walter, T. Chad (2008). Taeniacanthus moa. In: Walter, T.C. & Boxshall, G. (2017). World of Copepods database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=356007 on 2017-10-17
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