WoRMS taxon details
Chondracanthus nodosus (Müller O.F., 1776)
128767 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:128767)
accepted
Species
Chondracanthopsis nodosus (Müller O.F., 1776) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Chondracanthus williamsoni Scott T., 1909 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Lernaea nodosa Müller O.F., 1776 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Lernentoma nodosa (Müller O.F., 1776) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Lernaea nodosa Müller O.F., 1776) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum characters, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. [Prodromus of Danish Zoology, or the characters, names, and synonyms of the indigenous animals of Denmark and Norway, especially of the popular ones.]. <em>Typis Hallageriis, Havniae.</em> 32: 1-282., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550 [details] 
Distribution Northwestern Atlantic
Distribution Northwestern Atlantic [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Chondracanthus nodosus (Müller O.F., 1776). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=128767 on 2026-05-08
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Chondracanthus williamsoni Scott T., 1909) Scott, T. (1909). Some notes on fish parasites. Report of the Fishery Board of Scotland 26(3):73-92, pls. 3-7. [details]
original description (of Lernaea nodosa Müller O.F., 1776) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum characters, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. [Prodromus of Danish Zoology, or the characters, names, and synonyms of the indigenous animals of Denmark and Norway, especially of the popular ones.]. <em>Typis Hallageriis, Havniae.</em> 32: 1-282., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550 [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 Lernaea nodosa Müller O.F., 1776) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum characters, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. [Prodromus of Danish Zoology, or the characters, names, and synonyms of the indigenous animals of Denmark and Norway, especially of the popular ones.]. <em>Typis Hallageriis, Havniae.</em> 32: 1-282., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550 [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]
Taxonomy
redescription
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 
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additional source
Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Hogans, W.E. (1993). Guide to common external parasites of fishes of the Canadian Atlantic: I. Crustacea: Isopoda, Amphipoda, Brachiura & Copepoda. ARC Species ID Leaflet #93-01-INV. [details]
additional source Ho, J.S. (1971). Parasitic copepods of the family Chondracanthidae from fishes of eastern North America. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 87:1-38, figs. 1-26. (7-vii-1971)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.87 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Leigh-Sharpe, W.H. & M.G.L. Perkins. (1924). Some parasitic Copepoda from Iceland, with an account of Peniculus clavatus, the conjunctive tubus of Chondracanthus nodosus, and the males of Clavella dubia. Parasitology, Cambridge 16:289-295, figs. 1-8. (vii-1924), available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031182000020126 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Scott, T. & A. Scott. (1913). The British Parasitic Copepoda: Copepoda Parasitic on Fishes. <em>Ray Society, London.</em> Vol. 1: xi, 1-256 text; pls A-B, Vol. 2: xii, 72 pls. for taxa in Volume I., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/910552 [details]
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 Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
[request]additional source Hogans, W.E. (1993). Guide to common external parasites of fishes of the Canadian Atlantic: I. Crustacea: Isopoda, Amphipoda, Brachiura & Copepoda. ARC Species ID Leaflet #93-01-INV. [details]
additional source Ho, J.S. (1971). Parasitic copepods of the family Chondracanthidae from fishes of eastern North America. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 87:1-38, figs. 1-26. (7-vii-1971)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.87 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Leigh-Sharpe, W.H. & M.G.L. Perkins. (1924). Some parasitic Copepoda from Iceland, with an account of Peniculus clavatus, the conjunctive tubus of Chondracanthus nodosus, and the males of Clavella dubia. Parasitology, Cambridge 16:289-295, figs. 1-8. (vii-1924), available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031182000020126 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Scott, T. & A. Scott. (1913). The British Parasitic Copepoda: Copepoda Parasitic on Fishes. <em>Ray Society, London.</em> Vol. 1: xi, 1-256 text; pls A-B, Vol. 2: xii, 72 pls. for taxa in Volume I., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/910552 [details]
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 Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Northwestern Atlantic [details]Habitat ectoparasite found on Sebastes mentella and S. fasciatus. bathyal of the Gulf and estuary [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Lernaea nodosa Müller O.F., 1776)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Chondracanthopsis nodosus (Müller O.F., 1776))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records) (from synonym Chondracanthopsis nodosus (Müller O.F., 1776))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (3 records) (from synonym Chondracanthopsis nodosus (Müller O.F., 1776))
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Chondracanthopsis nodosus (Müller O.F., 1776))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records) (from synonym Chondracanthopsis nodosus (Müller O.F., 1776))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (3 records) (from synonym Chondracanthopsis nodosus (Müller O.F., 1776))
To ITIS
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