WoRMS name details
Cardiodectes medusaeus (Wilson C.B., 1908)
349964 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:349964)
unaccepted
Species
Lernaeenicus medusaeus Wilson C.B., 1908 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Lernaeenicus medusaeus Wilson C.B., 1908) Wilson, C.B. (1908). North American parasitic copepods: a list of those found upon the fishes of the Pacific coast, with descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 35(1652):431-481, pls. 66-83. (10-xii-1908)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.35-1652.431 [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Cardiodectes medusaeus (Wilson C.B., 1908). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=349964 on 2026-05-03
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Lernaeenicus medusaeus Wilson C.B., 1908) Wilson, C.B. (1908). North American parasitic copepods: a list of those found upon the fishes of the Pacific coast, with descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 35(1652):431-481, pls. 66-83. (10-xii-1908)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.35-1652.431 [details]
new combination reference Moser, M. & S. Taylor. (1978). Effects of the copepod Cardiodectes medusaeus on the laternfish Stenobrachius leucopsarus with notes on hypercastration by the hydroid Hydrichthys sp. <em>Canadian Journal of Zoology.</em> 56(11): 2372-2376., available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/z78-321 [details] Available for editors
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new combination reference Wilson, C.B. (1917). North American parasitic copepods belonging to the Lernaeidae with a revision of the entire family. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 53(2194):1-150, pls. 1-21. (13-vi-1917)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.53-2194.1 [details]
new combination reference Moser, M. & S. Taylor. (1978). Effects of the copepod Cardiodectes medusaeus on the laternfish Stenobrachius leucopsarus with notes on hypercastration by the hydroid Hydrichthys sp. <em>Canadian Journal of Zoology.</em> 56(11): 2372-2376., available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/z78-321 [details] Available for editors
[request]new combination reference Wilson, C.B. (1917). North American parasitic copepods belonging to the Lernaeidae with a revision of the entire family. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 53(2194):1-150, pls. 1-21. (13-vi-1917)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.53-2194.1 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Hogans, W.E. (2017). Cardiodectes medusaeus (Copepoda: Pennellidae) a synonym of Cardiodectes bellottii, a parasite of mid-water fishes in the North Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. Proceedings Of The Biological Society Of Washington, 130(1):250-255., available online at https://doi.org/10.2988/17-00019 [details] Available for editors [request]
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context source (Deepsea)
Natural History Museum, London (NHM): Collections Management Database System. [details]
additional source Weston, M.J. (2018). Investigating trophic interactions between parasites and their marine fish hosts using stable isotope analysis. <em>Master's Thesis, Faculty of Science, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.</em> xxxv + 139 pp., available online at http:// http://hdl.handle.net/11427/28153 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Barnard, K.H. (1955). South African parasitic Copepoda. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 41(5):223-312, figs. 1-33. (ii-1955). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Perkins, P.S. (1983). The life history of Cardiodectes medusaeus (Wilson), a copepod parasite of lanternfishes (Myctophidae). Journal of Crustacean Biology 3(1):70-87. (22-ii-1983)., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/1547854 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Sakuma, K.M., S. Ralston, W.H. Lenarz & M. Embury. (1999). Effects of the parasitic copepod Cardiodectes medusaeus on the lanternfishes Diaphus theta and Tarletonbeania crenularis off central California. Environmental Biology of Fishes 55(4):423-430. (viii.1999), available online at https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1007546427962 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Shiino, S.M. (1958). Über eine neue Art der schmarotzenden Copepodengattung Dysgamus, aus der Bucht von Sagami. [On a new species of the parasitic copepod genus Dysgamus, from Sagami Bay.]. <em>Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses.</em> 31(3):161-166, figs. 1-2. (ix-1958). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Shiino, S.M. (1958). Über drei Arten von der parasitischen Copepodengattung Cardiodectes aus Japan.[On three species of the parasitic copepod genus Cardiodectes from Japan.]. <em>Bulletin of the Japanese Society of Scientific Fisheries (= Nippon Suisan Gakkaishi).</em> 24(6-7):394-397, figs. 1-6. (xi-1958)., available online at https://doi.org/10.2331/suisan.24.394 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Shiino, S.M. (1958). Copepods parasitic on Japanese fishes. 17. Lerneidae. Reports of the Faculty of Fisheries, Prefectural University of Mie 3(1):75-100, figs. 1-13, pls. 4-5. (x-1958) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Uyeno, D., K. Kakui & K. Nagasawa. (2013). New record of Cardiodectes medusaeus (Wilson, 1908) (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Pennellidae) from a stranded pearly lanternfish, Myctophum nitidulum Garman (Myctophiformes: Myctophidae) from the Ryukyu Islands, southern Japan. Biological Magazine Okinawa 51:67-72. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Weston, M.J. (2018). Investigating trophic interactions between parasites and their marine fish hosts using stable isotope analysis. <em>Master's Thesis, Faculty of Science, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.</em> xxxv + 139 pp., available online at http:// http://hdl.handle.net/11427/28153 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Barnard, K.H. (1955). South African parasitic Copepoda. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 41(5):223-312, figs. 1-33. (ii-1955). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Perkins, P.S. (1983). The life history of Cardiodectes medusaeus (Wilson), a copepod parasite of lanternfishes (Myctophidae). Journal of Crustacean Biology 3(1):70-87. (22-ii-1983)., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/1547854 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Sakuma, K.M., S. Ralston, W.H. Lenarz & M. Embury. (1999). Effects of the parasitic copepod Cardiodectes medusaeus on the lanternfishes Diaphus theta and Tarletonbeania crenularis off central California. Environmental Biology of Fishes 55(4):423-430. (viii.1999), available online at https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1007546427962 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Shiino, S.M. (1958). Über eine neue Art der schmarotzenden Copepodengattung Dysgamus, aus der Bucht von Sagami. [On a new species of the parasitic copepod genus Dysgamus, from Sagami Bay.]. <em>Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses.</em> 31(3):161-166, figs. 1-2. (ix-1958). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Shiino, S.M. (1958). Über drei Arten von der parasitischen Copepodengattung Cardiodectes aus Japan.[On three species of the parasitic copepod genus Cardiodectes from Japan.]. <em>Bulletin of the Japanese Society of Scientific Fisheries (= Nippon Suisan Gakkaishi).</em> 24(6-7):394-397, figs. 1-6. (xi-1958)., available online at https://doi.org/10.2331/suisan.24.394 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Shiino, S.M. (1958). Copepods parasitic on Japanese fishes. 17. Lerneidae. Reports of the Faculty of Fisheries, Prefectural University of Mie 3(1):75-100, figs. 1-13, pls. 4-5. (x-1958) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Uyeno, D., K. Kakui & K. Nagasawa. (2013). New record of Cardiodectes medusaeus (Wilson, 1908) (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Pennellidae) from a stranded pearly lanternfish, Myctophum nitidulum Garman (Myctophiformes: Myctophidae) from the Ryukyu Islands, southern Japan. Biological Magazine Okinawa 51:67-72. [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | メドゥーサノカンザシ | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Lernaeenicus medusaeus Wilson C.B., 1908)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (6 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 38598) (from synonym Lernaeenicus medusaeus Wilson C.B., 1908)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (6 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 38598) (from synonym Lernaeenicus medusaeus Wilson C.B., 1908)
To ITIS
