WoRMS taxon details
Acanthochondria cornuta (Müller O.F., 1776)
128755 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:128755)
accepted
Species
Acanthochondria depressa (Scott T., 1905) · unaccepted (synonym)
Acanthochondria flurae (Krøyer, 1863) · unaccepted (synonym)
Anops cornuta Müller O.F., 1776 · unaccepted (synonym)
Chondracanthus cornutus (Müller O.F., 1776) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Chondracanthus depressus Scott T., 1905 · unaccepted (synonym)
Chondracanthus flurae Krøyer, 1863 · unaccepted (synonym)
Clavella cornuta (Müller O.F., 1776) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Entomoda cornuta (Müller O.F., 1776) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Lernaea cornuta Müller O.F., 1776 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Lernentoma cornuta (Müller O.F., 1776) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Schisturus cornutus (Müller O.F., 1776) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Lernaea cornuta Müller O.F., 1776) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum characters, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. [Prodromus of Danish Zoology, or the characters, names, and synonyms of the indigenous animals of Denmark and Norway, especially of the popular ones.]. <em>Typis Hallageriis, Havniae.</em> 32: 1-282., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550 [details] 
Distribution southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: eastern...
Distribution southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: eastern Bradelle Valley) [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Acanthochondria cornuta (Müller O.F., 1776). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=128755 on 2025-11-14
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Acanthochondria flurae (Krøyer, 1863)) Krøyer, H. (1863-1864). Bidrag til Kundskab om Snyltekrebsene. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift Ser. III.</em> 2(1/2): 75-320, pls. 1-9 [1863]; 2(3): 321-432, pls. 10-18 [1864]. [details]
original description (of Acanthochondria depressa (Scott T., 1905)) Scott, T. (1905). Observations on some parasites of fishes new or rare in Scottish waters. Report of the Fishery Board of Scotland 23(3):108-119, pls. 5-6. [details]
original description (of Chondracanthus depressus Scott T., 1905) Scott, T. (1905). Observations on some parasites of fishes new or rare in Scottish waters. Report of the Fishery Board of Scotland 23(3):108-119, pls. 5-6. [details]
original description (of Chondracanthus flurae Krøyer, 1863) Krøyer, H. (1863-1864). Bidrag til Kundskab om Snyltekrebsene. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift Ser. III.</em> 2(1/2): 75-320, pls. 1-9 [1863]; 2(3): 321-432, pls. 10-18 [1864]. [details]
original description (of Lernaea cornuta Müller O.F., 1776) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum characters, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. [Prodromus of Danish Zoology, or the characters, names, and synonyms of the indigenous animals of Denmark and Norway, especially of the popular ones.]. <em>Typis Hallageriis, Havniae.</em> 32: 1-282., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550 [details]
original description (of Anops cornuta Müller O.F., 1776) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum characters, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. [Prodromus of Danish Zoology, or the characters, names, and synonyms of the indigenous animals of Denmark and Norway, especially of the popular ones.]. <em>Typis Hallageriis, Havniae.</em> 32: 1-282., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550
page(s): 227 [details]
basis of record Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 252-268 (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Acanthochondria depressa (Scott T., 1905)) Scott, T. (1905). Observations on some parasites of fishes new or rare in Scottish waters. Report of the Fishery Board of Scotland 23(3):108-119, pls. 5-6. [details]
original description (of Chondracanthus depressus Scott T., 1905) Scott, T. (1905). Observations on some parasites of fishes new or rare in Scottish waters. Report of the Fishery Board of Scotland 23(3):108-119, pls. 5-6. [details]
original description (of Chondracanthus flurae Krøyer, 1863) Krøyer, H. (1863-1864). Bidrag til Kundskab om Snyltekrebsene. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift Ser. III.</em> 2(1/2): 75-320, pls. 1-9 [1863]; 2(3): 321-432, pls. 10-18 [1864]. [details]
original description (of Lernaea cornuta Müller O.F., 1776) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum characters, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. [Prodromus of Danish Zoology, or the characters, names, and synonyms of the indigenous animals of Denmark and Norway, especially of the popular ones.]. <em>Typis Hallageriis, Havniae.</em> 32: 1-282., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550 [details]
original description (of Anops cornuta Müller O.F., 1776) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum characters, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. [Prodromus of Danish Zoology, or the characters, names, and synonyms of the indigenous animals of Denmark and Norway, especially of the popular ones.]. <em>Typis Hallageriis, Havniae.</em> 32: 1-282., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550
page(s): 227 [details]
basis of record Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 252-268 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
additional source
Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors 
[request]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Ho, J.S. (1970). Revision of the genera of the Chondracanthidae, a copepod family parasitic on marine fishes. Beaufortia 17(229):105-218, figs. 1-296. (28-iv-1970) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kabata, Z. (1979). Parasitic Copepoda of British Fishes. <em>The Ray Society, London.</em> 152: i-xii, 1-468, figs. 1-203. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kirtisinghe, P. (1964). A review of the parasitic copepods of fish recorded from Ceylon, with descriptions of additional forms. Bulletin of the Fisheries Research Station, Sri Lanka (Ceylon) 17(1):45-132, figs. 1-191. (vi-1964) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Markevich, A.P. (1956). Paraziticheskie veslonogie ryb SSSR. [Parasitic copepods of fishes of the USSR.]. <em>Akademiya Nauk Ukraine SSR, Institut Zoology, Kiev.</em> 259 pp. figs. 1-153. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Oakley, C.L. (1930). The Chondracanthidae (Crustacea: Copepoda); with a description of five new genera and one new species. Parasitology, Cambridge 22:182-201, figs. 1-8. (24-iii-1930) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Ostergaard, P. (2003). Catalogue of genera and species of the family Chondracanthidae Milne Edwards, 1840 (Copepoda: Poecilostomatoida) with notes on morphology. Systematic Parasitology 55(2): 135-150 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Poly, W.J. & C.L. Mah. 2002. New host and distribution records for parasitic copepods in the northeast Pacific Ocean with a discussion of taxonomy of the genus Acanthochondria. Bulletin of Marine Science 69 (3): 1121-1127. (2001) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Frade, D.G., S. Nogueira, M.J. Santos & F.I. Cavaleiro. (2016). The challenges of asymmetric mating - the influence of male and female size on the reproductive output of Acanthochondria cornuta (Chondracanthidae). <em>Parasitology.</em> 143(14):1945-1953., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182016001578 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Zubchenko, A.V. (1993). Vertikal'nyye zony i formatsii parazitofauny glubokovodnykh ryb pribrezhnykh rayonov Severnoy Atlantiki. [Vertical zones and formations of the parasitic fauna in deepwater fishes from the off-shore areas of the North Atlantiс. ]. <em>In: Vorobjova, N.K., S.S. Drobysheva, A.V. Zubchenko, A.B. Karasev, P.I. Savvatimsky & V.K. Mitenev (Eds.). Parasitological Studies of Fish in the Northern Basin: Selected Papers/PINRO. Murmansk, Russia.</em> :39-60. [In Russian]. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
[request]additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Ho, J.S. (1970). Revision of the genera of the Chondracanthidae, a copepod family parasitic on marine fishes. Beaufortia 17(229):105-218, figs. 1-296. (28-iv-1970) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Kabata, Z. (1979). Parasitic Copepoda of British Fishes. <em>The Ray Society, London.</em> 152: i-xii, 1-468, figs. 1-203. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Kirtisinghe, P. (1964). A review of the parasitic copepods of fish recorded from Ceylon, with descriptions of additional forms. Bulletin of the Fisheries Research Station, Sri Lanka (Ceylon) 17(1):45-132, figs. 1-191. (vi-1964) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Markevich, A.P. (1956). Paraziticheskie veslonogie ryb SSSR. [Parasitic copepods of fishes of the USSR.]. <em>Akademiya Nauk Ukraine SSR, Institut Zoology, Kiev.</em> 259 pp. figs. 1-153. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Oakley, C.L. (1930). The Chondracanthidae (Crustacea: Copepoda); with a description of five new genera and one new species. Parasitology, Cambridge 22:182-201, figs. 1-8. (24-iii-1930) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Ostergaard, P. (2003). Catalogue of genera and species of the family Chondracanthidae Milne Edwards, 1840 (Copepoda: Poecilostomatoida) with notes on morphology. Systematic Parasitology 55(2): 135-150 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Poly, W.J. & C.L. Mah. 2002. New host and distribution records for parasitic copepods in the northeast Pacific Ocean with a discussion of taxonomy of the genus Acanthochondria. Bulletin of Marine Science 69 (3): 1121-1127. (2001) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Frade, D.G., S. Nogueira, M.J. Santos & F.I. Cavaleiro. (2016). The challenges of asymmetric mating - the influence of male and female size on the reproductive output of Acanthochondria cornuta (Chondracanthidae). <em>Parasitology.</em> 143(14):1945-1953., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182016001578 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Zubchenko, A.V. (1993). Vertikal'nyye zony i formatsii parazitofauny glubokovodnykh ryb pribrezhnykh rayonov Severnoy Atlantiki. [Vertical zones and formations of the parasitic fauna in deepwater fishes from the off-shore areas of the North Atlantiс. ]. <em>In: Vorobjova, N.K., S.S. Drobysheva, A.V. Zubchenko, A.B. Karasev, P.I. Savvatimsky & V.K. Mitenev (Eds.). Parasitological Studies of Fish in the Northern Basin: Selected Papers/PINRO. Murmansk, Russia.</em> :39-60. [In Russian]. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: eastern Bradelle Valley) [details]Habitat endoparasite found in Hippoglossoides platessoides [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Acanthochondria depressa (Scott T., 1905))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Chondracanthus depressus Scott T., 1905)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (71 publications) (from synonym Chondracanthus cornutus (Müller O.F., 1776))
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (4 records) (from synonym Acanthochondria depressa (Scott T., 1905))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (4 records) (from synonym Acanthochondria flurae (Krøyer, 1863))
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Chondracanthus depressus Scott T., 1905)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (71 publications) (from synonym Chondracanthus cornutus (Müller O.F., 1776))
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (4 records) (from synonym Acanthochondria depressa (Scott T., 1905))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (4 records) (from synonym Acanthochondria flurae (Krøyer, 1863))
To ITIS
