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Sciaenophilus benedeni (Bassett-Smith, 1898) 
AphiaID: 360531

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Maxillopoda (Class) > Copepoda (Subclass) > Neocopepoda (Infraclass) > Podoplea (Superorder) > Siphonostomatoida (Order) > Caligidae (Family) > Sciaenophilus (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (synonym)
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Sciaenophilus tenuis Beneden, 1852
Rank Species
Parent Sciaenophilus van Beneden, 1852
Synonymised
taxa
  Caligus benedeni Bassett-Smith, 1898
Sources  basis of record: Walter, Chad. The world of Copepods. [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Feedingtypes  adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Argyrosomus regium (Asso, 1801) accepted as Argyrosomus regius (Asso, 1801) [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Johnius hololepidotus (Lacepède, 1801) accepted as Argyrosomus hololepidotus (Lacepède, 1801) [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Larimus fasciatus Holbrook, 1855 [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Sciaena diacanthus (Lacepède, 1802) accepted as Protonibea diacanthus (Lacepède, 1802) [details]
Link To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Copepod Collection
Note  Distribution: British Isles; Atlantic coast of Africa; the Caribbean; coasts of Sri Lanka and India [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:360531
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2008-07-15 14:41:49Z  created  Walter, T. Chad
2010-11-01 16:18:33Z  changed  Ho, Ju-shey
  
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  Citation: Ho, J.; Walter, T. Chad (2013). Sciaenophilus benedeni (Bassett-Smith, 1898). 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=360531 on 2013-05-24
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