Alebion crassus (Bere, 1936) 
AphiaID: 157758

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Arthropoda > Crustacea > Maxillopoda > Copepoda > Neocopepoda > Podoplea > Siphonostomatoida > Caligidae > Alebion

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Alebion Krøyer, 1863
Synonymised taxa		Alebion alatus Gnanamuthu, 1952 (synonym) Alebion echinatus Capart, 1953 (synonym)
Sources		basis of record: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] basis of record: Wilson, C.B.. 1932. The copepods of the Woods Hole region, Massachusetts. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 158:1-635, figs. 1-316, pls. 1-41. (16-viii-1932) [details] from synonym: Walter, Chad. The world of Copepods. [details] [view taxon]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Feedingtypes		adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Carcharhinus obscurus (Lesueur, 1818) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Eugomphodus taurus (Rafinesque, 1810) accepted as Carcharias taurus Rafinesque, 1810 [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Sphyrna leweni (Griffith & Smith, 1834) accepted as Sphyrna lewini (Griffith & Smith, 1834) [details]
Links		To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Copepod Collection To ITIS
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157758
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2005-05-24 07:32:08Z   created   Cuvelier, Daphne 2005-08-01 12:12:31Z   changed   Vanden Berghe, Edward 2008-09-19 16:07:41Z   changed   Walter, T. Chad
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		Citation: Walter, T. Chad (2013). Alebion crassus (Bere, 1936). In: Walter, T.C. & Boxshall, G. (2013). World of Copepods database. Accessed through: Walter, T.C. & Boxshall, G. (2013). World of Copepods database at http://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157758 on 2013-05-25