WoRMS taxon details
Ergasilidae Burmeister, 1835
128571 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:128571)
accepted
Family
Vaigamidae Thatcher & Robertson B.A., 1984 · unaccepted
- Genus Abergasilus Hewitt, 1978
- Genus Acusicola Cressey, in Cressey & Collette, 1970
- Genus Amplexibranchius Thatcher & Paredes, 1985
- Genus Anklobrachius Thatcher, 1999
- Genus Brasergasilus Thatcher & Boeger, 1983
- Genus Dermoergasilus Ho & Do, 1982
- Genus Duoergasilus Narciso, Brandão, Perbiche-Neves & da Silva, 2019
- Genus Ergasilus von Nordmann, 1832
- Genus Gamidactylus Thatcher & Boeger, 1984
- Genus Gamispatulus Thatcher & Boeger, 1984
- Genus Gamispinus Thatcher & Boeger, 1984
- Genus Gauchergasilus Montú & Boxshall, 2002
- Genus Majalincola Tang & Kalman, 2008
- Genus Miracetyma Malta, 1993
- Genus Mugilicola Tripathi, 1960
- Genus Neoergasilus Yin, 1956
- Genus Nipergasilus Yamaguti, 1939
- Genus Paeonodes Wilson C.B., 1944
- Genus Paraergasilus Markevich, 1937
- Genus Pindapixara Malta, 1995
- Genus Prehendorastrus Boeger & Thatcher, 1990
- Genus Pseudovaigamus Amado, Ho & Rocha, 1995
- Genus Rhinergasilus Boeger & Thatcher, 1988
- Genus Sinergasilus Yin, 1949
- Genus Teredophilus Rancurel, 1954
- Genus Therodamas Krøyer, 1863
- Genus Thersitina Norman, 1905
- Genus Tiddergasilus Marques & Boeger, 2018
- Genus Urogasilus Rosim, Boxshall & Ceccarelli, 2013
- Genus Vaigamus Thatcher & Robertson B.A., 1984
- Genus Macrobrachinus Hesse, 1871 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, Boxshall & Halsey (2004) considered Macrobrachinus to be a genus inquirenda)
- Genus Amazonicopeus Thatcher, 1986 accepted as Therodamas Krøyer, 1863
- Genus Diergasilus Do, 1981 accepted as Thersitina Norman, 1905 (synonym)
- Genus Ergasiloides Sars G.O., 1909 accepted as Ergasilus von Nordmann, 1832
- Genus Ergasiluxulus Harding, 1964 accepted as Teredophilus Rancurel, 1954 (synonym)
- Genus Limnoncaea Kokubo, 1914 accepted as Ergasilus von Nordmann, 1832 (synonym)
- Genus Markewitschia Yamaguti, 1963 accepted as Ergasilus von Nordmann, 1832 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Megabrachinus Hesse, 1871 accepted as Ergasilus von Nordmann, 1832
- Genus Pseudergasilus Yamaguti, 1936 accepted as Ergasilus von Nordmann, 1832 (synonym)
- Genus Thersites Pagenstecher, 1861 accepted as Thersitina Norman, 1905 (synonym)
- Genus Trigasilus Fryer, 1956 accepted as Paraergasilus Markevich, 1937 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Yamagutia Fryer, 1956 accepted as Nipergasilus Yamaguti, 1939 (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh
Burmeister, H. (1835). Beschreibung einiger neuen oder weniger bekannten Schmarotzerkrebse, nebst allgemeinen Betrachtungen über die Gruppe, welcher sie angehören. [Description of some new or lesser known parasitic crustaceans, together with general considerations about the group to which they belong.]. <em>Nova Acta Physico-Medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum (Acta der Kaiserlichen Leopoldinisch-Carolinischen Deutschen Akademie der Naturforscher), Halle.</em> 17(1):269-336, pls. 23, 24, 24a, 25.(for 1833)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27013390 [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Ergasilidae Burmeister, 1835. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=128571 on 2025-12-04
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original description
Burmeister, H. (1835). Beschreibung einiger neuen oder weniger bekannten Schmarotzerkrebse, nebst allgemeinen Betrachtungen über die Gruppe, welcher sie angehören. [Description of some new or lesser known parasitic crustaceans, together with general considerations about the group to which they belong.]. <em>Nova Acta Physico-Medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum (Acta der Kaiserlichen Leopoldinisch-Carolinischen Deutschen Akademie der Naturforscher), Halle.</em> 17(1):269-336, pls. 23, 24, 24a, 25.(for 1833)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27013390 [details]
original description (of Vaigamidae Thatcher & Robertson B.A., 1984) Thatcher, V.E. & B.A. Robertson. (1984). The parasitic crustaceans of fishes from the Brazilian Amazon. 11. Vaigamidae fam. nov. (Copepoda: Poecilostomatoida) with males and females of Vaigamus retrobarbatus gen. et sp. nov. and V. spinicephalus sp. nov. from plankton. Canadian Journal of Zoology 62(4):716-729, figs. 1-45, tabs. 1-8. (iv-1984, French summary.) [details] Available for editors
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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 Vaigamidae Thatcher & Robertson B.A., 1984) Thatcher, V.E. & B.A. Robertson. (1984). The parasitic crustaceans of fishes from the Brazilian Amazon. 11. Vaigamidae fam. nov. (Copepoda: Poecilostomatoida) with males and females of Vaigamus retrobarbatus gen. et sp. nov. and V. spinicephalus sp. nov. from plankton. Canadian Journal of Zoology 62(4):716-729, figs. 1-45, tabs. 1-8. (iv-1984, French summary.) [details] Available for editors
[request]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
Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. <em>Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA).</em> 124 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Amado, M.A.P.M., J.S. Ho & C.E.F. Rocha. (1995). Phylogeny and biogeography of the Ergasilidae (Copepoda, Poecilostomatoida), with reconsideration of the taxonomic status of the Vaigamidae. Contributions to Zoology 65(4):233-243. [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 Kabata, Z. (1988). Copepoda and Brachiura. In: Margolis, L. & Z. Kabata (eds.). Guide to the parasites of fishes of Canada. Part II. Crustacea. Canadian Special Publication in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 101:3-127, figs. 1-53. (French summary). [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.
note: key to the Family [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Thatcher, V.E. (1991). Amazon fish parasites. Amazoniana 11(3-4):263-571. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Wilson, C.B. (1911). North American parasitic copepods belonging to the family Ergasilidae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 39(1788):263-400, pls. 41-60. (11-i-1911) [details]
additional source Marques Orsi, T.M. (2018). Sistemática e história evolutiva de Ergasilidae (Crustacea: Copepoda; Cyclopoida). [Systematics and evolutionary history of Ergasilidae (Crustacea: Copepoda; Cyclopoida).]. <em>203 pp. [In Portuguese and English].</em> Tese de Doutorado, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil., available online at https://hdl.handle.net/1884/62264 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Amado, M.A.P.M., J.S. Ho & C.E.F. Rocha. (1995). Phylogeny and biogeography of the Ergasilidae (Copepoda, Poecilostomatoida), with reconsideration of the taxonomic status of the Vaigamidae. Contributions to Zoology 65(4):233-243. [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 Kabata, Z. (1988). Copepoda and Brachiura. In: Margolis, L. & Z. Kabata (eds.). Guide to the parasites of fishes of Canada. Part II. Crustacea. Canadian Special Publication in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 101:3-127, figs. 1-53. (French summary). [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.
note: key to the Family [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Thatcher, V.E. (1991). Amazon fish parasites. Amazoniana 11(3-4):263-571. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Wilson, C.B. (1911). North American parasitic copepods belonging to the family Ergasilidae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 39(1788):263-400, pls. 41-60. (11-i-1911) [details]
additional source Marques Orsi, T.M. (2018). Sistemática e história evolutiva de Ergasilidae (Crustacea: Copepoda; Cyclopoida). [Systematics and evolutionary history of Ergasilidae (Crustacea: Copepoda; Cyclopoida).]. <em>203 pp. [In Portuguese and English].</em> Tese de Doutorado, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil., available online at https://hdl.handle.net/1884/62264 [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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