Copepoda taxon details

Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAfrolernaea mormyroides Van As, 1983 
AphiaID: 348597

Classification: Biota > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAnimalia > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorArthropoda > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCrustacea > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMulticrustacea > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHexanauplia > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCopepoda > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorNeocopepoda > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPodoplea > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCyclopoida > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLernaeidae > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAfrolernaea > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAfrolernaea mormyroides
Status accepted
Rank Species
Parent Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAfrolernaea Fryer, 1956
Orig. name Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAfrolernaea mormyroides Van As, 1983
Sources  original description Van As, J.G. (1983). A new species of Afrolernaea (Copepoda, Lernaeidae), a gill parasite of mormyrid fishes. South African Journal of Zoology 18(2):147-148, fig. 1. (v-1983) [details]

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Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Feedingtype  adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:348597
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2008-07-15 14:41:49Z  created  Walter, T. Chad
  
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  Citation: Walter, T. Chad (2008). Afrolernaea mormyroides Van As, 1983. In: Walter, T.C. & Boxshall, G. (2017). World of Copepods database. Accessed at http://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=348597 on 2017-07-28