Achtheinus pinguis Wilson C.B., 1912 
AphiaID: 364585

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Arthropoda > Crustacea > Maxillopoda > Copepoda > Neocopepoda > Podoplea > Siphonostomatoida > Pandaridae > Achtheinus

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Achtheinus Wilson C.B., 1908
Synonymised taxa		Achtheinus chinensis Thomsen, 1949 (synonym) Achtheinus galeorhini Yamaguti, 1936 (synonym) Achtheinus impenderus Shen & Wang, 1959 (synonym) Achtheinus intermedius (Kurtz, 1924) (synonym) Achtheinus japonicus Wilson C.B., 1922 (synonym) Achtheinus parvidens Wilson C.B., 1923 (synonym) Achtheinus platensis Thomsen, 1949 (synonym) Perissopus chinensis (Thomsen, 1949) (synonym) Perissopus galeorhini (Yamaguti, 1936) Perissopus impenderus (Shen & Wang, 1959) Perissopus intermedius (Kurtz, 1924) Perissopus japonicus (Wilson C.B., 1922) Perissopus parvidens (Wilson C.B., 1923) Perissopus pinguis (Wilson C.B., 1912) Perissopus platensis (Thomsen, 1949) Pholidopus intermedius Kurtz, 1924
Sources		original description: Wilson, C.B.. 1912. Descriptions of new species of parasitic copepods in the collections of the United States National Museum. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 42(1900):233-243, pls. 30-34. (30-iv-1912) [details] additional source: Izawa, K. 2010 Resurrection of the parasitic copepod genus Achtheinus Wilson, 1908 (Siphonostomatoida, Pandaridae), with redescription of A. oblongus Wilson, 1908, A. dentatus Wilson, 1911, and A. pinguis Wilson, 1912 based on museum collections. Crustaceana 83(8):971-995. [details] source of synonymy: Walter, Chad. The world of Copepods. [details] from synonym: Thomsen, R.. 1949. Copépodos parásitos de los peces marinos del Uruguay. Comunicaciones Zoologicas del Museo de Historia Natural de Montevideo 3(54):1-41, pls. 1-14. (16-ix-1949) [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Wilson, C.B.. 1922. Parasitic copepods from Japan, including five new species. Arkiv för Zoologi 14(10):1-17, pls. 1-4. (11-i-1922) [details] [view taxon]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Feedingtype		adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Squalus fernandinus Molina, 1782 accepted as Squalus acanthias Linnaeus, 1758 [details]
Links		To Encyclopedia of Life To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Copepod Collection
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:364585
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2008-08-06 09:42:48Z   created   Walter, T. Chad 2010-09-08 15:48:26Z   changed   Walter, T. Chad
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		Citation: Walter, T. Chad (2013). Achtheinus pinguis Wilson C.B., 1912. 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=364585 on 2013-05-25