Marine Species Traits - Acantholochus divaricatus (Cressey & Cressey, 1980)

WoRMS taxon details

Acantholochus divaricatus (Cressey & Cressey, 1980)

AphiaID

356555 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:356555)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Type taxon of

Acantholochus Cressey, 1984

Parent

Acantholochus Cressey, 1984

Original name

Holobomolochus divaricatus Cressey & Cressey, 1980

Synonymised names

Holobomolochus divaricatus Cressey & Cressey, 1980 · unaccepted (synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Holobomolochus divaricatus Cressey & Cressey, 1980) Cressey, R.F. & H.B. Cressey. (1980). Parasitic copepods of mackerel- and tuna-like fishes (Scombridae) of the world. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 311:i-iv, 1-186, figs. 1-139. (1-iv-1980) [details] Available for editors

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Descriptive notes

Distribution Brazil, Panama (Atlantic side), Colombia (Atlantic side), Argentina, USA (Atlantic side), Surinam, Cuba, Haiti, Puerto...

Distribution Brazil, Panama (Atlantic side), Colombia (Atlantic side), Argentina, USA (Atlantic side), Surinam, Cuba, Haiti, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela [details]

Taxonomic citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Acantholochus divaricatus (Cressey & Cressey, 1980). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=356555 on 2025-07-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-07-15 14:41:49Z

created

Walter, T. Chad

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Holobomolochus divaricatus Cressey & Cressey, 1980) Cressey, R.F. & H.B. Cressey. (1980). Parasitic copepods of mackerel- and tuna-like fishes (Scombridae) of the world. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 311:i-iv, 1-186, figs. 1-139. (1-iv-1980) [details] Available for editors

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Taxonomy

source of synonymy Cressey, R.F. (1984). A new genus of bomolochid copepod from eastern Pacific haemulid fishes. Bulletin of Marine Science 35(2):182-186, figs. 1-11. (9-xi-1984) [details] Available for editors

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Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

From editor or global species database

Distribution Brazil, Panama (Atlantic side), Colombia (Atlantic side), Argentina, USA (Atlantic side), Surinam, Cuba, Haiti, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela [details]

Definitions

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Holobomolochus divaricatus Cressey & Cressey, 1980)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (38 records) (from synonym Holobomolochus divaricatus Cressey & Cressey, 1980)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 172244) (from synonym Holobomolochus divaricatus Cressey & Cressey, 1980)
To ITIS