WoRMS name details
Cardiodectes medusaeus (Wilson C.B., 1908)
349964 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:349964)
unaccepted
Species
Lernaeenicus medusaeus Wilson C.B., 1908 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Wilson, C.B. (1908). North American parasitic copepods: a list of those found upon the fishes of the Pacific coast, with descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 35(1652):431-481, pls. 66-83. (10-xii-1908). [details] 
(of Lernaeenicus medusaeus Wilson C.B., 1908) Wilson, C.B. (1908). North American parasitic copepods: a list of those found upon the fishes of the Pacific coast, with descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 35(1652):431-481, pls. 66-83. (10-xii-1908). [details]
(of Lernaeenicus medusaeus Wilson C.B., 1908) Wilson, C.B. (1908). North American parasitic copepods: a list of those found upon the fishes of the Pacific coast, with descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 35(1652):431-481, pls. 66-83. (10-xii-1908). [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Cardiodectes medusaeus (Wilson C.B., 1908). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=349964 on 2025-05-31
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Nomenclature
original description
Wilson, C.B. (1908). North American parasitic copepods: a list of those found upon the fishes of the Pacific coast, with descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 35(1652):431-481, pls. 66-83. (10-xii-1908). [details]
original description (of Lernaeenicus medusaeus Wilson C.B., 1908) Wilson, C.B. (1908). North American parasitic copepods: a list of those found upon the fishes of the Pacific coast, with descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 35(1652):431-481, pls. 66-83. (10-xii-1908). [details]
new combination reference Moser, M. & S. Taylor. (1978). Effects of the copepod Cardiodectes medusaeus on the laternfish Stenobrachius leucopsarus with notes on hypercastration by the hydroid Hydrichthys sp. <em>Canadian Journal of Zoology.</em> 56(11): 2372-2376., available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/z78-321 [details] Available for editors
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new combination reference Wilson, C.B. (1917). North American parasitic copepods belonging to the Lernaeidae with a revision of the entire family. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 53(2194):1-150, pls. 1-21. (13-vi-1917). [details]
original description (of Lernaeenicus medusaeus Wilson C.B., 1908) Wilson, C.B. (1908). North American parasitic copepods: a list of those found upon the fishes of the Pacific coast, with descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 35(1652):431-481, pls. 66-83. (10-xii-1908). [details]
new combination reference Moser, M. & S. Taylor. (1978). Effects of the copepod Cardiodectes medusaeus on the laternfish Stenobrachius leucopsarus with notes on hypercastration by the hydroid Hydrichthys sp. <em>Canadian Journal of Zoology.</em> 56(11): 2372-2376., available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/z78-321 [details] Available for editors
[request]new combination reference Wilson, C.B. (1917). North American parasitic copepods belonging to the Lernaeidae with a revision of the entire family. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 53(2194):1-150, pls. 1-21. (13-vi-1917). [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Hogans, W.E. (2017). Cardiodectes medusaeus (Copepoda: Pennellidae) a synonym of Cardiodectes bellottii, a parasite of mid-water fishes in the North Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. Proceedings Of The Biological Society Of Washington, 130(1):250-255., available online at https://doi.org/10.2988/17-00019 [details] Available for editors [request]
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context source (Deepsea)
Natural History Museum, London (NHM): Collections Management Database System. [details]
additional source Barnard, K.H. (1955). South African parasitic Copepoda. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 41(5):223-312, figs. 1-33. (ii-1955). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Perkins, P.S. (1983). The life history of Cardiodectes medusaeus (Wilson), a copepod parasite of lanternfishes (Myctophidae). Journal of Crustacean Biology 3(1):70-87. (22-ii-1983). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Shiino, S.M. (1958). Über eine neue Art der schmarotzenden Copepodengattung Dysgamus, aus der Bucht von Sagami. [On a new species of the parasitic copepod genus Dysgamus, from Sagami Bay.]. <em>Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses.</em> 31(3):161-166, figs. 1-2. (ix-1958). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Shiino, S.M. (1958). Über drei Arten von der parasitischen Copepodengattung Cardiodectes aus Japan.[On three species of the parasitic copepod genus Cardiodectes from Japan.]. <em>Bulletin of the Japanese Society of Scientific Fisheries (= Nippon Suisan Gakkaishi).</em> 24(6-7):394-397, figs. 1-6. (xi-1958). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Shiino, S.M. (1958). Copepods parasitic on Japanese fishes. 17. Lerneidae. Reports of the Faculty of Fisheries, Prefectural University of Mie 3(1):75-100, figs. 1-13, pls. 4-5. (x-1958) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Barnard, K.H. (1955). South African parasitic Copepoda. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 41(5):223-312, figs. 1-33. (ii-1955). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Perkins, P.S. (1983). The life history of Cardiodectes medusaeus (Wilson), a copepod parasite of lanternfishes (Myctophidae). Journal of Crustacean Biology 3(1):70-87. (22-ii-1983). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Shiino, S.M. (1958). Über eine neue Art der schmarotzenden Copepodengattung Dysgamus, aus der Bucht von Sagami. [On a new species of the parasitic copepod genus Dysgamus, from Sagami Bay.]. <em>Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses.</em> 31(3):161-166, figs. 1-2. (ix-1958). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Shiino, S.M. (1958). Über drei Arten von der parasitischen Copepodengattung Cardiodectes aus Japan.[On three species of the parasitic copepod genus Cardiodectes from Japan.]. <em>Bulletin of the Japanese Society of Scientific Fisheries (= Nippon Suisan Gakkaishi).</em> 24(6-7):394-397, figs. 1-6. (xi-1958). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Shiino, S.M. (1958). Copepods parasitic on Japanese fishes. 17. Lerneidae. Reports of the Faculty of Fisheries, Prefectural University of Mie 3(1):75-100, figs. 1-13, pls. 4-5. (x-1958) [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | メドゥーサノカンザシ | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Lernaeenicus medusaeus Wilson C.B., 1908)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (6 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 38598) (from synonym Lernaeenicus medusaeus Wilson C.B., 1908)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (6 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 38598) (from synonym Lernaeenicus medusaeus Wilson C.B., 1908)
To ITIS
