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Biacanthus pleuronichthydis (Yamaguti, 1939) 
AphiaID: 367800

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Maxillopoda (Class) > Copepoda (Subclass) > Neocopepoda (Infraclass) > Podoplea (Superorder) > Poecilostomatoida (Order) > Taeniacanthidae (Family) > Biacanthus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
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Rank Species
Parent Biacanthus Tang & Izawa, 2005
Synonymised
taxa		  Anchistrotos pleuronichthydis Yamaguti, 1939 (synonym)
 Taeniastrotos pleuronichthydis (Yamaguti, 1939)
Sources  original description: Yamaguti, S.. 1939. Parasitic copepods from fishes of Japan. Part 4. Cyclopoida, II. Volume Jubilare pro Prof. Sadao Yoshida 2:391-415, pls. 1-13. (iii-1939) [details]

additional source: 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]

additional source: Izawa, K.. 1986. On the development of parasitic Copepoda. IV. Ten species of poecilostome cyclopoids, belonging to Taeniacanthidae, Tegobomolochidae, Lichomolgidae, Philoblennidae, Myicolidae, and Chondracanthidae. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 31(3-6):81-162, figs. 1-49, tabs. 1-13. (29.xi.1986) [details]

new combination reference: Tang, D. & K. Izawa. 2005. Biacanthus pleuronichthydis (Yamaguti, 1939) gen. n., comb. n. (Copepoda: Taeniacanthidae), an ectoparasite of flatfishes from Japanese waters. Zootaxa 1071:47-60.
page(s): 47-60 [details]

from synonym: Walter, Chad. The world of Copepods. [details] [view taxon]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Feedingtypes  adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Kareius bicoloratus (Basilewsky, 1855) [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Limanda yokohamae (Günther, 1877) accepted as Pseudopleuronectes yokohamae (Günther, 1877) [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Pleuronichthys cornutus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Pseudopleuronectes yokohamae (Günther, 1877) [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Pseudorhombus cinnamoneus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Verasper variegatus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) [details]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
Notes  Distribution: Tarumi, Japan [details]

Distribution: Tanabe Bay, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan [details]

Distribution: Ise Bay, Mie Prefecture, Japan [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:367800
Taxonomic
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  Citation: Walter, T. Chad (2013). Biacanthus pleuronichthydis (Yamaguti, 1939). 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=367800 on 2013-05-23
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