WoRMS taxon details
Chondracanthus lophii Johnston, 1836
128763 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:128763)
accepted
Species
Chondracanthus abdominalis Heegaard, 1943 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Chondracanthus dufresnii (Blainville, 1822) · unaccepted (synonym)
Chondracanthus gibbosus Krøyer, 1837 · unaccepted (synonym)
Chondracanthus lophius Risso, 1826 · unaccepted (synonym)
Lernentoma dufresnii Blainville, 1822 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Lernentoma lophii Baird, 1850 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Johnston, G. (1836). Illustrations in British Zoology. Magazine of Natural History 9:79-83, figs. 14-16. (ii-1836), available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2293003 [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Chondracanthus lophii Johnston, 1836. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=128763 on 2026-03-18
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Nomenclature
original description
Johnston, G. (1836). Illustrations in British Zoology. Magazine of Natural History 9:79-83, figs. 14-16. (ii-1836), available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2293003 [details]
original description (of Chondracanthus abdominalis Heegaard, 1943) Heegaard, P.E. (1943). Parasitic copepods mainly from tropical and antarctic seas. Arkiv för Zoologi (A)34(18):1-37, figs. 1-94. (14-v-1943) [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Chondracanthus gibbosus Krøyer, 1837) Krøyer, H. (1837). Om Snyltekrebsene, isaer med Hensyn til den danske Fauna. III. Formbeskrivelser (Fortsaettelse).[Concerning parasitic Crustacea with special reference to the Danish fauna. ]. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift Ser. I.</em> 1(3): 252-302, pl. 3. [details]
original description (of Lernentoma dufresnii Blainville, 1822) Blainville, H.M.D. de. (1822). Mémoire sur les Lernées (Lernaea, Lin.). Journal de Physique, de Chimie, d'Histoire Naturelle et des Arts, Paris 95:372-380, 437-447, pl. 1. [details]
original description (of Lernentoma lophii Baird, 1850) Baird, W. (1850). The Natural History of the British Entomostraca. <em>Ray Society, London.</em> 364 pp, pls. 1-36. [details]
original description (of Chondracanthus lophius Risso, 1826) Risso, A. (1826). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. Tome quatrième. F.-G. Levrault, Paris, viii + 439 pp. + pls 1-12., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50455192 [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 IMIS) [details]
original description (of Chondracanthus abdominalis Heegaard, 1943) Heegaard, P.E. (1943). Parasitic copepods mainly from tropical and antarctic seas. Arkiv för Zoologi (A)34(18):1-37, figs. 1-94. (14-v-1943) [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Chondracanthus gibbosus Krøyer, 1837) Krøyer, H. (1837). Om Snyltekrebsene, isaer med Hensyn til den danske Fauna. III. Formbeskrivelser (Fortsaettelse).[Concerning parasitic Crustacea with special reference to the Danish fauna. ]. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift Ser. I.</em> 1(3): 252-302, pl. 3. [details]
original description (of Lernentoma dufresnii Blainville, 1822) Blainville, H.M.D. de. (1822). Mémoire sur les Lernées (Lernaea, Lin.). Journal de Physique, de Chimie, d'Histoire Naturelle et des Arts, Paris 95:372-380, 437-447, pl. 1. [details]
original description (of Lernentoma lophii Baird, 1850) Baird, W. (1850). The Natural History of the British Entomostraca. <em>Ray Society, London.</em> 364 pp, pls. 1-36. [details]
original description (of Chondracanthus lophius Risso, 1826) Risso, A. (1826). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. Tome quatrième. F.-G. Levrault, Paris, viii + 439 pp. + pls 1-12., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50455192 [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 IMIS) [details]
Other
additional source
Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [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 Goggio, E. (1927). Ricerche sulla vita, sulla conformazione esteriore e sulla struttura del Chondracanthus lophii Johnst. [Research on the life, external conformation and structure of Chondracanthus lophii Johnst.]. <em>Pubblicazioni della Stazione Zoologica di Napoli.</em> 8: 427-477, figs. 1-8, pls. 26-28. (30-xii-1927). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kabata, Z. (1979). Parasitic Copepoda of British Fishes. <em>The Ray Society, London.</em> 152: i-xii, 1-468, figs. 1-203. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Markevich, A.P. (1956). Paraziticheskie veslonogie ryb SSSR. [Parasitic copepods of fishes of the USSR.]. <em>Akademiya Nauk Ukraine SSR, Institut Zoology, Kiev.</em> 259 pp. figs. 1-153. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Oakley, C.L. (1930). The Chondracanthidae (Crustacea: Copepoda); with a description of five new genera and one new species. Parasitology, Cambridge 22:182-201, figs. 1-8. (24-iii-1930), available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031182000011057 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Ostergaard, P. (2004). Does male Chondracanthus lophii (Crustacea: Copepoda) feed? Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 84(4):711-716., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315404009798h [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Cañas, L., P. Sampedro, A. Celso Fariña & J. Landa. (2013). Spatial, temporal and bathymetric distribution patterns of the parasite Chondracanthus lophii of anglerfish, Lophius piscatorius, in the northeast Atlantic. <em>Marine Biology Research.</em> 9(2):145-156., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/17451000.2012.731691 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Zubchenko, A.V. (1993). Vertikal'nyye zony i formatsii parazitofauny glubokovodnykh ryb pribrezhnykh rayonov Severnoy Atlantiki. [Vertical zones and formations of the parasitic fauna in deepwater fishes from the off-shore areas of the North Atlantiс. ]. <em>In: Vorobjova, N.K., S.S. Drobysheva, A.V. Zubchenko, A.B. Karasev, P.I. Savvatimsky & V.K. Mitenev (Eds.). Parasitological Studies of Fish in the Northern Basin: Selected Papers/PINRO. Murmansk, Russia.</em> :39-60. [In Russian]. [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 Goggio, E. (1927). Ricerche sulla vita, sulla conformazione esteriore e sulla struttura del Chondracanthus lophii Johnst. [Research on the life, external conformation and structure of Chondracanthus lophii Johnst.]. <em>Pubblicazioni della Stazione Zoologica di Napoli.</em> 8: 427-477, figs. 1-8, pls. 26-28. (30-xii-1927). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Kabata, Z. (1979). Parasitic Copepoda of British Fishes. <em>The Ray Society, London.</em> 152: i-xii, 1-468, figs. 1-203. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Markevich, A.P. (1956). Paraziticheskie veslonogie ryb SSSR. [Parasitic copepods of fishes of the USSR.]. <em>Akademiya Nauk Ukraine SSR, Institut Zoology, Kiev.</em> 259 pp. figs. 1-153. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Oakley, C.L. (1930). The Chondracanthidae (Crustacea: Copepoda); with a description of five new genera and one new species. Parasitology, Cambridge 22:182-201, figs. 1-8. (24-iii-1930), available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031182000011057 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Ostergaard, P. (2004). Does male Chondracanthus lophii (Crustacea: Copepoda) feed? Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 84(4):711-716., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315404009798h [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Cañas, L., P. Sampedro, A. Celso Fariña & J. Landa. (2013). Spatial, temporal and bathymetric distribution patterns of the parasite Chondracanthus lophii of anglerfish, Lophius piscatorius, in the northeast Atlantic. <em>Marine Biology Research.</em> 9(2):145-156., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/17451000.2012.731691 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Zubchenko, A.V. (1993). Vertikal'nyye zony i formatsii parazitofauny glubokovodnykh ryb pribrezhnykh rayonov Severnoy Atlantiki. [Vertical zones and formations of the parasitic fauna in deepwater fishes from the off-shore areas of the North Atlantiс. ]. <em>In: Vorobjova, N.K., S.S. Drobysheva, A.V. Zubchenko, A.B. Karasev, P.I. Savvatimsky & V.K. Mitenev (Eds.). Parasitological Studies of Fish in the Northern Basin: Selected Papers/PINRO. Murmansk, Russia.</em> :39-60. [In Russian]. [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Transfer authority Ho, 1972 [details]Unreviewed
Authority Jonhston, 1836 [details]
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (32 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (41 publications) (from synonym Chondracanthus gibbosus Krøyer, 1837)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chondracanthus lophii)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (32 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (41 publications) (from synonym Chondracanthus gibbosus Krøyer, 1837)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chondracanthus lophii)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records)
To ITIS
