WoRMS taxon details
Unicolax anonymous (Vervoort, 1965)
AphiaID: 362171
AphiaID: 362171
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Maxillopoda (Class) > Copepoda (Subclass) > Neocopepoda (Infraclass) > Podoplea (Superorder) > Poecilostomatoida (Order) > Bomolochidae (Family) > Unicolax (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Unicolax Cressey & Cressey, 1980 | |||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Bomolochus anonymus (Vervoort, 1965) (suggested by Cressey & Cressey, 1980) Cephalocolax anonymous (Vervoort, 1965) | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Cressey, R.F. & H.B. Cressey. 1980. Bomolochid copepods parasitic on the eyes of Indo-West Pacific clupeid fishes. Fishery Bulletin, United States National Marine Fisheries Service 78(3):715-730, figs. 1-46, tab. 1. (vii-1980) [details] basis of record: Walter, Chad. The world of Copepods. [details] new combination reference: Avdeev, G.V.. 1980. Obosnovanie novogo roda Cephalocolax g.n. (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) i opisanie novogo vida C. katsuwoni sp. n. ot tuntsa iz Bengal'skogo zaliva. The erection of the new genus Cephalocolax g.n. (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) and description of the new species C. katsuwoni sp. n. from Katsuwonus pelamis from the Bay of Bengal. Parazitologiya 14(4):333-339, figs. l-3. ( 12-vi-1980, Russian with English summary.) [details] new combination reference: Kabata, Z.. 1979. Parasitic Copepoda of British Fishes. Ray Society, London 152: i-xii, 1-468, figs. 1-2031, text-figs. 1-67, tabs. 1-18. [details] new combination reference: Vervoort, W.. 1969. Caribbean Bomolochidae (Copepoda: Cyclopoida). Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and Other Caribbean Islands 28(105):1-125, figs. 1-57. (Uitgaven Natuurwetensch. Studiekring Suriname Ned. Antillen, 53). [details] | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||
| Feedingtypes |
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Euthynnus alleteratus (Rafinesque, 1810) accepted as Euthynnus alletteratus (Rafinesque, 1810) [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Euthynnus alletteratus (Rafinesque, 1810) [details] | |||||||||||||
| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) To Encyclopedia of Life To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Copepod Collection To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Notes |
Distribution: Gulf of Guinea; Ghana; Gulf of Mexico [details] Synonymy: Avdeev (1980) created Cephalocolax to accommodate Parabomolochus anonymous Vervoort, 1965; but, it was predated by Cressey & Cressey's (1980) Unicolax. [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:362171 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Ho, J.; Walter, T. Chad (2013). Unicolax anonymous (Vervoort, 1965). 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=362171 on 2013-05-19 | ||||||||||||||
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