WoRMS taxon details
Naobranchia variabilis Brian, 1924
353662 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:353662)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Brian, A. (1924). Copepoda. Copepodes commensaux et parasites des cotes Mauritaniennes. [Copepoda. Commensal and parasitic copepods of the Mauritanian coasts.]. <em>In: Parasitologica Mauritanica. Matériaux pour la faune parasitologique en Mauritanie.</em> 1(1):1-66, figs. 1-67, also Bulletin du Comitae d'etudes Historiques et Scientifiques de l'Afrique Occidentale Francoaise 9:363-427, figs. 1-69. [details] Available for editors 
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Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Naobranchia variabilis Brian, 1924. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=353662 on 2025-04-29
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Nomenclature
original description
Brian, A. (1924). Copepoda. Copepodes commensaux et parasites des cotes Mauritaniennes. [Copepoda. Commensal and parasitic copepods of the Mauritanian coasts.]. <em>In: Parasitologica Mauritanica. Matériaux pour la faune parasitologique en Mauritanie.</em> 1(1):1-66, figs. 1-67, also Bulletin du Comitae d'etudes Historiques et Scientifiques de l'Afrique Occidentale Francoaise 9:363-427, figs. 1-69. [details] Available for editors [request]
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redescription
Hamza, F., N. Kechemir-Issad & G.A. Boxshall. (2015). Redescription of Naobranchia variabilis Brian, 1924 (Siphonostomatoida: Lernaeopodidae), parasitic on the grey triggerfish Balistes capriscus Gmelin in Algerian coastal waters. Systematic Parasitology, 91(2):157-165, available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-015-9564-1 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Pillai, N.K. (1962). Copepods parasitic on South Indian fishes: Families Lernaeopodidae and Naobranchidae. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India 4:58-94, figs. 1-22. (iv-1962) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Pillai, N.K. (1967). Copepods parasitic on Indian marine fishes. A review. In: Proceedings of the Symposium on Crustacea. Symposium Series, Marine Biological Association of India (2)5:1556-1680, figs. 1-266. [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Pillai, N.K. (1967). Copepods parasitic on Indian marine fishes. A review. In: Proceedings of the Symposium on Crustacea. Symposium Series, Marine Biological Association of India (2)5:1556-1680, figs. 1-266. [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
