ERMS name details
Sciaenophilus Beneden, 1852
347978 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:347978)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (according to Ozak et al., 2017)
Genus
Sciaenophilus tenuis Beneden, 1852 accepted as Caligus tenuis (Beneden, 1852) (type by original designation)
Scienophilus Beneden, 1852 · unaccepted (misspelling)
- Species Sciaenophilus tenuis Beneden, 1852 accepted as Caligus tenuis (Beneden, 1852) (generic transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Beneden, P.J. Van. (1852). Note sur quelques parasites d'un poisson rare sur nos côtes (le Maigre d'Europe, Sciaena aquila, Cuvier). [Note on some parasites of a rare fish on our coasts (the European meagre, Sciaena aquila, Cuvier).]. <em>Bulletin de l'Académie Royale de Belgique.</em> 19(3):98-109, pl. 1. [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Sciaenophilus Beneden, 1852. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org//www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=347978 on 2025-06-06
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Sciaenophilus Beneden, 1852. Accessed at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=347978 on 2025-06-06
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Beneden, P.J. Van. (1852). Note sur quelques parasites d'un poisson rare sur nos côtes (le Maigre d'Europe, Sciaena aquila, Cuvier). [Note on some parasites of a rare fish on our coasts (the European meagre, Sciaena aquila, Cuvier).]. <em>Bulletin de l'Académie Royale de Belgique.</em> 19(3):98-109, pl. 1. [details]
additional source Dojiri, M. (1983). Revision of the genera of the Caligidae (Siphonostomatoida), copepods predominantly parasitic on marine fishes. <em>Ph.D. Thesis, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts.</em> 721pp. [details] Available for editors
additional source Pillai, N.K. (1985). Copepod Parasites of Marine Fishes. <em>In: The Fauna of India. Zoological Society of India, Calcutta.</em> 900pp., figs. 1-279.
page(s): 390 [details] Available for editors
source of synonymy Özak, A.A., A. Yanar & G.A. Boxshall. (2017). The discovery of Caligus macrurus Heller, 1865 (Copepoda: Caligidae) in the Mediterranean Sea, and the recognition of Sciaenophilus van Beneden, 1852 as a junior synonym of Caligus Muller, 1785. <em>Systematic Parasitology.</em> 94(1):97-109., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-016-9682-4 [details] Available for editors
additional source Dojiri, M. (1983). Revision of the genera of the Caligidae (Siphonostomatoida), copepods predominantly parasitic on marine fishes. <em>Ph.D. Thesis, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts.</em> 721pp. [details] Available for editors
additional source Pillai, N.K. (1985). Copepod Parasites of Marine Fishes. <em>In: The Fauna of India. Zoological Society of India, Calcutta.</em> 900pp., figs. 1-279.
page(s): 390 [details] Available for editors
source of synonymy Özak, A.A., A. Yanar & G.A. Boxshall. (2017). The discovery of Caligus macrurus Heller, 1865 (Copepoda: Caligidae) in the Mediterranean Sea, and the recognition of Sciaenophilus van Beneden, 1852 as a junior synonym of Caligus Muller, 1785. <em>Systematic Parasitology.</em> 94(1):97-109., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-016-9682-4 [details] Available for editors
