Acusicola brasiliensis Amado & Rocha C.E.F., 1996 
AphiaID: 361172

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Arthropoda > Crustacea > Maxillopoda > Copepoda > Neocopepoda > Podoplea > Poecilostomatoida > Ergasilidae > Acusicola

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Acusicola Cressey, 1970
Sources		original description: Amado, M.A.P.M. & C.E.F. Rocha. 1996. New species of parasitic copepods of the genus Acusicola (Poecilostomatoida: Ergasilidae) from gill filaments of coastal and freshwater Brazilian fishes, and proposition of Acusicola rogeri n. sp. for A. tenax sensu Cressey & Collette (1970). Hydrobiologia, The Hague 324(3):183-193. [details] basis of record: Walter, Chad. The world of Copepods. [details]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Feedingtypes		adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Lile piquitinga (Schreiner & Miranda Ribeiro, 1903) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Xenomelaniris brasiliensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) accepted as Atherinella brasiliensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) [details]
Link		To Encyclopedia of Life
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:361172
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2008-07-15 14:41:49Z   created   Walter, T. Chad
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		Citation: Walter, T. Chad (2013). Acusicola brasiliensis Amado & Rocha C.E.F., 1996. 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=361172 on 2013-05-21