Trifur tortuosus Wilson C.B., 1917 
AphiaID: 356254

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Arthropoda > Crustacea > Multicrustacea > Hexanauplia > Copepoda > Neocopepoda > Podoplea > Siphonostomatoida > Pennellidae > Trifur > Trifur tortuosus

Status		accepted
Rank		Species
Typetaxon of		Trifur Wilson C.B., 1917
Parent		Trifur Wilson C.B., 1917
Orig. name		Trifur tortuosus Wilson C.B., 1917
Synonymised names		Lernaea lotellae Thomson G.M., 1890 (synonym) Lernaea rigida Krøyer, 1863 (member of Trifur and possible synonym ) Lernaeocera lotellae (Thomson G.M., 1890) (synonym) Lernaeocera rigida (Krøyer, 1863) (Member of Trifur and possible synonym) Trifur lotellae (Thomson G.M., 1890) (synonym) Trifur merluccii Talice, 1937 (synonym) Trifur physiculi Heegaard, 1962 (synonym) Trifur puntaniger Thomé, 1964 (synonym)
Sources		basis of record Walter, Chad. The world of Copepods. , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda [details] additional source (of Trifur lotellae (Thomson G.M., 1890)) Webber, W.R.; Fenwick, G.D.; Bradford-Grieve, J.M.; Eagar S.G.; Buckeridge, J.S.; Poore, G.C.B.; Dawson, E.W.; Watling, L.; Jones, J.B.; Wells, J.B.J.; Bruce, N.L.; Ahyong, S.T.; Larsen, K.; Chapman, M.A.; Olesen, J.; Ho, J.; Green, J.D.; Shiel, R.J.; Rocha, C.E.F.; Lörz, A.; Bird, G.J.; Charleston, W.A. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils. pp. 98-232. [details] original description (of Lernaea lotellae Thomson G.M., 1890) Thomson, G.M. (1890). Parasitic Copepoda of New Zealand, with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 22(2)5:353-376, pls. 25-29. (v-1890) [details] original description (of Trifur physiculi Heegaard, 1962) Heegaard, P.E. (1962). Parasitic Copepoda from Australian waters. Records of the Australian Museum 25(9):149-234, figs. 1-250. (28-v-1962) [details] [show all]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution		From other sources New Zealand New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Feedingtypes		parasite [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Merluccius australis (Hutton, 1872) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Merluccius gayi (Guichenot, 1848) represented as Merluccius gayi gayi (Guichenot, 1848) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Merluccius hubbsi Marini, 1933 [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Salilota australis (Günther, 1878) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Sebastes capensis (Gmelin, 1789) [details]
Links		To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)  To Encyclopedia of Life  To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (3 records)  To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 49704)
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:356254
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2008-07-15 14:41:49Z   created   Walter, T. Chad
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		Citation: Walter, T. Chad (2008). Trifur tortuosus Wilson C.B., 1917. In: Walter, T.C. & Boxshall, G. (2017). World of Copepods database. Accessed at http://marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=356254 on 2017-10-17