Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS)

BeRMS taxon details

Lernaeenicus Le Sueur, 1824

AphiaID

135644 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135644)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Pennellidae Burmeister, 1835

Original name

Lernaeenicus Le Sueur, 1824

Synonymised names

Lernaeonema Milne Edwards H., 1840 · unaccepted (synonym)

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Species Lernaeenicus sprattae (Sowerby, 1806)

Environment

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

Original description

Le Sueur, C.A. (1824). On three new species of parasitic Vermes, belonging to the Linnaean genus Lernaea. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 3:286-293, pl. 11. (iii-1824)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24668936
page(s): 289 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Lernaeenicus Le Sueur, 1824. Accessed through: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards) Belgian Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135644 on 2025-06-01

Regional species database citation

VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards). Belgian Register of Marine Species. Lernaeenicus Le Sueur, 1824. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135644 on 2025-06-01

Taxonomic edit history

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Boxshall, Geoff

2006-09-18 06:49:16Z

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Martinez, Olga

2009-06-05 14:03:08Z

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Boxshall, Geoff

2009-08-25 15:33:21Z

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Walter, T. Chad

2012-10-25 16:13:17Z

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Boxshall, Geoff

2015-10-09 10:21:17Z

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Walter, T. Chad

2020-10-11 14:40:05Z

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Walter, T. Chad

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original description Le Sueur, C.A. (1824). On three new species of parasitic Vermes, belonging to the Linnaean genus Lernaea. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 3:286-293, pl. 11. (iii-1824)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24668936
page(s): 289 [details]

original description (of Lernaeonema Milne Edwards H., 1840) Milne Edwards, H. (1840). Ordre des Copépodes. [Order Copepoda]. Histoire naturelle des Crustaces, comprenant l'anatomie, la physiologie et la classification de ces animaux. [In: Natural history of Crustacea, including the anatomy, physiology and classification of these animals]]. 3: 411-529., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16103940
page(s): 524-525 [details]

basis of record Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 252-268 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone]. , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

additional source Wilson, C.B. (1917). North American parasitic copepods belonging to the Lernaeidae with a revision of the entire family. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 53(2194):1-150, pls. 1-21. (13-vi-1917). [details]

additional source Kabata, Z. (1979). Parasitic Copepoda of British Fishes. The Ray Society, London. 152: i-xii, 1-468, figs. 1-203. [details] Available for editors

additional source Pillai, N.K. (1985). Copepod Parasites of Marine Fishes. In: The Fauna of India. Zoological Society of India, Calcutta. 900pp., figs. 1-279.
page(s): 716 [details] Available for editors

additional source Rousset, V. & A. Raibaut. (1989). Peculiar cases of intracardiac parasitism in the pilchard, Sardina pilchardus (Walbaum), by a pennellid copepod belonging to the genus Lernaeenicus. Journal of Fish Diseases. 12(3):263-268. [details] Available for editors