ERMS taxon details
Nicothoe astaci Audouin & Edwards, 1826
135924 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135924)
accepted
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marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Audouin, V. & H. Milne Edwards. (1826). Mémoire sur la Nicothoé, animal singulier qui suce le sang des homards. Annales des Sciences Naturelles Zoologie et Biologie Animale 9:345-359, pl. 49 figs. 1-9. [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2021). World of Copepods database. Nicothoe astaci Audouin & Edwards, 1826. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2021) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135924 on 2025-06-04
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Nicothoe astaci Audouin & Edwards, 1826. Accessed at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135924 on 2025-06-04
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Audouin, V. & H. Milne Edwards. (1826). Mémoire sur la Nicothoé, animal singulier qui suce le sang des homards. Annales des Sciences Naturelles Zoologie et Biologie Animale 9:345-359, pl. 49 figs. 1-9. [details]
basis of record Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 252-268 (look up in RoR) [details]
additional source Bocquet, C., J. Guillet & J.H. Stock. (1958). Sur le développement des expansions aliformes du Copépodes Nicothoe astaci Audouin et Milne-Edwards. [On the development of the aliform expansions of the Copepod Nicothoe astaci Audouin and Milne-Edwards.]. <em>Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, Paris.</em> 246(5):836-839. [details] Available for editors
additional source Ruano, F. & L. Monteiro. (2020). Note of a pathological study of the copepod parasite Nicothoe astaci in european lobster, Homarus gammarus. <em>Relatorios Cientificos e Tecnicos do IPMA Serie Digital.</em> 27:1-5. Mar 2020. [details] Available for editors
additional source Claus, C. (1860). Ueber das Männchen von Nicothoe astaci. [On the male of Nicothoe astaci. <em>Würzburger Naturwissenschaftliche Zeitschrift (Verh. phys.-med. Ges. Würzb.).</em> 1:?. [details]
additional source Cornalia, E. (1860). Sopra una nuova species di crostacei sifonostomi (Gyropeltis doradis). [On a new species of siphonostome crustaceans (Gyropeltis doradis).]. <em>Memorie del Reale Istituto Lombardo di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti.</em> 8:5-15, pl.2. [details]
additional source Guérin-Méneville, F.E. (1829-1843). Iconographie du régne animal de G. Cuvier. [Representation d'apres nature de l'une des especes les plus remarquables et souvent non encore figurees, de chaque genre d'animaux.Iconography of the animal kingdom by G. Cuvier.]. <em>Planches des Animaux invertébrés. Zoophytes. 2. Crustacées. A. Londres publisher. (Publication began in 1829).</em> :1-48, [ Copepods pl. 35, This plate was published in 1837.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27813845 [details]
additional source Gurney, R. (1930). The larva of Nicothoe astaci and its systematic position. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, New Series 16:453-459, figs. 1-6. (iii-1930) [details] Available for editors
additional source Lemercier, A. (1964). Comparaison du complexe buccal de trois Copépodes parasites: Sphaeronella sp., Choniosphaera maenadis (Bloch et Gallien) (Choniostomatidae) et Nicothoe astaci Audouin et Milne. [Comparison of the oral complex of three parasitic copepods: Sphaeronella sp., Choniosphaera maenadis (Bloch and Gallien) (Choniostomatidae) and Nicothoe astaci Audouin and Milne.]. <em>Bulletin de la Société Linnéenne de Normandie.</em> (10)4:119-139, pls. 1-11. (1963 on cover)(publ. 30-vi-1964). [details] Available for editors
additional source Lemercier, A. (1966). Étude du complexe buccal de Nicothoe astaci Audouin et Milne Edwards et preuves de la position systématique de ce Copépode parmi les Choniostomatidae. [Study of the oral complex of Nicothoe astaci Audouin and Milne Edwards and evidence for the systematic position of this Copepod among the Choniostomatidae.]. <em>Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> (2)37(5):775-786, figs. 1-5. (29-iv-1966). [details] Available for editors
additional source Leigh-Sharpe, W.H. (1926). Nicothoe astaci (Copepoda) with a revision of the appendages. Parasitology, Cambridge 18:148-153, figs. 1-6. (16-vii-1926) [details] Available for editors
additional source Mason, J. (1956). Nicothoë astaci on gills of Orkney lobsters. ICES (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea) Council Meeting, Shellfish Committee 30: [details]
additional source Mason, J. (1958). The occurrence of Nicothoë astaci Audouin and Milne Edwards on Scottish lobsters. Marine Research 1958(9):1-8, fig. 1, tabs. 1-5. [details] Available for editors
additional source Mason, J. (1959). The biology of Nicothoë astaci Audouin and Milne Edwards. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 38: 3-16, figs. 1-4. (ii-1959). [details] Available for editors
additional source Quidor, A. (1906). Sur le mâle et l'appareil suceur de Nicothoe astaci. [On the male and the sucking apparatus of Nicothoe astaci.]. <em>Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences, Paris.</em> 142(8):465-468, figs. 1-2. [details]
biology source Davies, C.E., G.R. Thomas, T.G.G. Maffeis, E.C. Wootton, M.W. Penny & A.F. Rowley. (2014). Detailed surface morphology of the 'lobster louse' copepod, Nicothoe astaci, a haematophagous gill parasite of the European lobster, Homarus gammarus. <em>Journal Of Invertebrate Pathology.</em> 122:48-51., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jip.2014.08.006 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 252-268 (look up in RoR) [details]
additional source Bocquet, C., J. Guillet & J.H. Stock. (1958). Sur le développement des expansions aliformes du Copépodes Nicothoe astaci Audouin et Milne-Edwards. [On the development of the aliform expansions of the Copepod Nicothoe astaci Audouin and Milne-Edwards.]. <em>Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, Paris.</em> 246(5):836-839. [details] Available for editors
additional source Ruano, F. & L. Monteiro. (2020). Note of a pathological study of the copepod parasite Nicothoe astaci in european lobster, Homarus gammarus. <em>Relatorios Cientificos e Tecnicos do IPMA Serie Digital.</em> 27:1-5. Mar 2020. [details] Available for editors
additional source Claus, C. (1860). Ueber das Männchen von Nicothoe astaci. [On the male of Nicothoe astaci. <em>Würzburger Naturwissenschaftliche Zeitschrift (Verh. phys.-med. Ges. Würzb.).</em> 1:?. [details]
additional source Cornalia, E. (1860). Sopra una nuova species di crostacei sifonostomi (Gyropeltis doradis). [On a new species of siphonostome crustaceans (Gyropeltis doradis).]. <em>Memorie del Reale Istituto Lombardo di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti.</em> 8:5-15, pl.2. [details]
additional source Guérin-Méneville, F.E. (1829-1843). Iconographie du régne animal de G. Cuvier. [Representation d'apres nature de l'une des especes les plus remarquables et souvent non encore figurees, de chaque genre d'animaux.Iconography of the animal kingdom by G. Cuvier.]. <em>Planches des Animaux invertébrés. Zoophytes. 2. Crustacées. A. Londres publisher. (Publication began in 1829).</em> :1-48, [ Copepods pl. 35, This plate was published in 1837.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27813845 [details]
additional source Gurney, R. (1930). The larva of Nicothoe astaci and its systematic position. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, New Series 16:453-459, figs. 1-6. (iii-1930) [details] Available for editors
additional source Lemercier, A. (1964). Comparaison du complexe buccal de trois Copépodes parasites: Sphaeronella sp., Choniosphaera maenadis (Bloch et Gallien) (Choniostomatidae) et Nicothoe astaci Audouin et Milne. [Comparison of the oral complex of three parasitic copepods: Sphaeronella sp., Choniosphaera maenadis (Bloch and Gallien) (Choniostomatidae) and Nicothoe astaci Audouin and Milne.]. <em>Bulletin de la Société Linnéenne de Normandie.</em> (10)4:119-139, pls. 1-11. (1963 on cover)(publ. 30-vi-1964). [details] Available for editors
additional source Lemercier, A. (1966). Étude du complexe buccal de Nicothoe astaci Audouin et Milne Edwards et preuves de la position systématique de ce Copépode parmi les Choniostomatidae. [Study of the oral complex of Nicothoe astaci Audouin and Milne Edwards and evidence for the systematic position of this Copepod among the Choniostomatidae.]. <em>Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> (2)37(5):775-786, figs. 1-5. (29-iv-1966). [details] Available for editors
additional source Leigh-Sharpe, W.H. (1926). Nicothoe astaci (Copepoda) with a revision of the appendages. Parasitology, Cambridge 18:148-153, figs. 1-6. (16-vii-1926) [details] Available for editors
additional source Mason, J. (1956). Nicothoë astaci on gills of Orkney lobsters. ICES (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea) Council Meeting, Shellfish Committee 30: [details]
additional source Mason, J. (1958). The occurrence of Nicothoë astaci Audouin and Milne Edwards on Scottish lobsters. Marine Research 1958(9):1-8, fig. 1, tabs. 1-5. [details] Available for editors
additional source Mason, J. (1959). The biology of Nicothoë astaci Audouin and Milne Edwards. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 38: 3-16, figs. 1-4. (ii-1959). [details] Available for editors
additional source Quidor, A. (1906). Sur le mâle et l'appareil suceur de Nicothoe astaci. [On the male and the sucking apparatus of Nicothoe astaci.]. <em>Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences, Paris.</em> 142(8):465-468, figs. 1-2. [details]
biology source Davies, C.E., G.R. Thomas, T.G.G. Maffeis, E.C. Wootton, M.W. Penny & A.F. Rowley. (2014). Detailed surface morphology of the 'lobster louse' copepod, Nicothoe astaci, a haematophagous gill parasite of the European lobster, Homarus gammarus. <em>Journal Of Invertebrate Pathology.</em> 122:48-51., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jip.2014.08.006 [details] Available for editors
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