WoRMS taxon details
Lernaeenicus radiatus Lesueur, 1824
156688 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:156688)
accepted
Species
Lernaeenicus affixus Wilson C.B., 1917 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Lernaeenicus centropristi (Pearse, 1947) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Lernaeenicus septemramosus (Fowler, 1912) · unaccepted (synonym according to Wilson (1917) )
Lernaeocera centropristi Pearse, 1947 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Lernaeocera radiata Lesueur, 1824 · unaccepted (synonym according to Wilson (1917) )
Lernaeonema radiata (Lesueur, 1824) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Lerneoceropsis septemramosus Fowler, 1912 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Le Sueur, C.A. (1824). On three new species of parasitic Vermes, belonging to the Linnaean genus Lernaea. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 3:286-293, pl. 11. (iii-1824)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24668936 [details] 
Distribution Nova Scotia to Florida
Distribution Nova Scotia to Florida [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Lernaeenicus radiatus Lesueur, 1824. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156688 on 2026-03-22
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Nomenclature
original description
Le Sueur, C.A. (1824). On three new species of parasitic Vermes, belonging to the Linnaean genus Lernaea. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 3:286-293, pl. 11. (iii-1824)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24668936 [details]
original description (of Lernaeenicus affixus Wilson C.B., 1917) 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]
original description (of Lernaeocera centropristi Pearse, 1947) Pearse, A.S. (1947). Parasitic copepods from Beaufort, North Carolina. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 63(1):1-16, figs. 1-51. (vi-1947) [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Lernaeocera radiata Lesueur, 1824) Le Sueur, C.A. (1824). On three new species of parasitic Vermes, belonging to the Linnaean genus Lernaea. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 3:286-293, pl. 11. (iii-1824)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24668936 [details]
original description (of Lerneoceropsis septemramosus Fowler, 1912) Fowler, H.W. (1912). The Crustacea of New Jersey. <em>Annual Report of the New Jersey State Museum.</em> 1911(Part II): 29-650, pls. 1-150 [ for 1911]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11099588
page(s): 87, 92 [details]
basis of record Hogans, W.E. (1995). Parasitic Copepoda in the collection of the Atlantic Reference Centre, St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada. <em>Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> Report no. 2028:1-6. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Lernaeenicus affixus Wilson C.B., 1917) 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]
original description (of Lernaeocera centropristi Pearse, 1947) Pearse, A.S. (1947). Parasitic copepods from Beaufort, North Carolina. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 63(1):1-16, figs. 1-51. (vi-1947) [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Lernaeocera radiata Lesueur, 1824) Le Sueur, C.A. (1824). On three new species of parasitic Vermes, belonging to the Linnaean genus Lernaea. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 3:286-293, pl. 11. (iii-1824)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24668936 [details]
original description (of Lerneoceropsis septemramosus Fowler, 1912) Fowler, H.W. (1912). The Crustacea of New Jersey. <em>Annual Report of the New Jersey State Museum.</em> 1911(Part II): 29-650, pls. 1-150 [ for 1911]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11099588
page(s): 87, 92 [details]
basis of record Hogans, W.E. (1995). Parasitic Copepoda in the collection of the Atlantic Reference Centre, St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada. <em>Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> Report no. 2028:1-6. [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Voorhees, J.T. & F.J. Schwartz. (1979). Attachment site, seasonality, and effects of the parasitic copepod Lernaeenicus radiatus on two estuarine fishes in the Cape Fear River, North Carolina. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 108(2):191-196, figs. 1-3, tab. 1. (iii-1979), available online at https://doi.org/10.1577/1548-8659(1979)108 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Wilson, C.B. (1932). The copepods of the Woods Hole region, Massachusetts. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 158:1-635, figs. 1-316, pls. 1-41., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.158.i [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Hogans, W.E. (2018). Functional morphology and structural variability in Lernaeenicus (Copepoda: Pennellidae) parasitic on teleost fishes from the northwest Atlantic Ocean. <em>Comparative Parasitology.</em> 85(1):13-26., available online at https://doi.org/10.1654/1525-2647-85.1.13 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Lovy, J. & S.E. Friend. (2020). Black sea bass are a host in the developmental cycle of Lernaeenicus radiatus (Copepoda: Pennellidae): insights into parasite morphology, gill pathology and genetics. <em>Parasitology.</em> 147(4):478-490., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182019001781 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Lovy, J., N.L. Lewis, S.E. Friend, K.W. Able, M.J. Shaw, G.S. Hinks & P.J. Clarke. (2020). Host, seasonal and habitat influences on incidence of Lernaeenicus radiatus (Copepoda: Pennellidae) in the mid-Atlantic Bight. <em>Marine Ecology Progress Series.</em> 642:83-101., available online at https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13326 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source 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]
additional source Causey, D.L. (1953). Parasitic Copepoda from Grand Isle, Louisiana. <em>Occasional Papers of the Marine Laboratory of Louisiana State University.</em> 7:1-18, figs. 1-22. (1-iii-1953). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Alperin, I.M. (1965). Algal epibiosis and parasitism of a blueback herring. New York Fish and Game Journal 12(1):116, fig. (i-1965) [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Wilson, C.B. (1932). The copepods of the Woods Hole region, Massachusetts. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 158:1-635, figs. 1-316, pls. 1-41., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.158.i [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Hogans, W.E. (2018). Functional morphology and structural variability in Lernaeenicus (Copepoda: Pennellidae) parasitic on teleost fishes from the northwest Atlantic Ocean. <em>Comparative Parasitology.</em> 85(1):13-26., available online at https://doi.org/10.1654/1525-2647-85.1.13 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Lovy, J. & S.E. Friend. (2020). Black sea bass are a host in the developmental cycle of Lernaeenicus radiatus (Copepoda: Pennellidae): insights into parasite morphology, gill pathology and genetics. <em>Parasitology.</em> 147(4):478-490., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182019001781 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Lovy, J., N.L. Lewis, S.E. Friend, K.W. Able, M.J. Shaw, G.S. Hinks & P.J. Clarke. (2020). Host, seasonal and habitat influences on incidence of Lernaeenicus radiatus (Copepoda: Pennellidae) in the mid-Atlantic Bight. <em>Marine Ecology Progress Series.</em> 642:83-101., available online at https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13326 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source 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]
additional source Causey, D.L. (1953). Parasitic Copepoda from Grand Isle, Louisiana. <em>Occasional Papers of the Marine Laboratory of Louisiana State University.</em> 7:1-18, figs. 1-22. (1-iii-1953). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Alperin, I.M. (1965). Algal epibiosis and parasitism of a blueback herring. New York Fish and Game Journal 12(1):116, fig. (i-1965) [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Nova Scotia to Florida [details]Habitat parasitic species (host: e.g. Brevoortia tyrannus, Atlantic menhaden) [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | berg-salmon gill worm | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (23 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Lernaeenicus affixus Wilson C.B., 1917)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lernaeenicus radiatus)
To GenBank (25 nucleotides; 23 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (16 records) (from synonym Lernaeenicus affixus Wilson C.B., 1917)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (3 records) (from synonym Lernaeocera centropristi Pearse, 1947)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (64 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 47792) (from synonym Lernaeenicus affixus Wilson C.B., 1917)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Lernaeenicus affixus Wilson C.B., 1917)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lernaeenicus radiatus)
To GenBank (25 nucleotides; 23 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (16 records) (from synonym Lernaeenicus affixus Wilson C.B., 1917)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (3 records) (from synonym Lernaeocera centropristi Pearse, 1947)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (64 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 47792) (from synonym Lernaeenicus affixus Wilson C.B., 1917)
To ITIS
