WoRMS taxon details
Lernaeocera Blainville, 1822
135645 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135645)
accepted
Genus
Lernaeocera branchialis (Linnaeus, 1767) (type by subsequent designation)
Lerneocera Blainville, 1822 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling
Saucissona Leigh-Sharpe, 1935 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Lernaeocera abyssicola (Brady, 1883)
- Species Lernaeocera branchialis (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Species Lernaeocera esocina (Hermann, 1783)
- Species Lernaeocera lusci (Bassett-Smith, 1896)
- Species Lernaeocera minuta (Scott T., 1900)
- Species Lernaeocera sauciatonis (Leigh-Sharpe, 1935)
- Species Lernaeocera brevicollis Schuurmans Stekhoven J.H. Jr, 1935 accepted as Lernaeocera lusci (Bassett-Smith, 1896) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Lernaeocera caparti Machado-Cruz, 1959 accepted as Lernaeocera branchialis (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Lernaeocera centropristi Pearse, 1947 accepted as Lernaeenicus centropristi (Pearse, 1947) accepted as Lernaeenicus radiatus Lesueur, 1824 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Lernaeocera cyclopterina Blainville, 1822 accepted as Haemobaphes cyclopterina (Müller O.F., 1776) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Lernaeocera galei (Krøyer, 1837) accepted as Lernaeopoda galei Krøyer, 1837 (unaccepted > superseded combination, incorrect genus in Muller (2004), probably typographical error)
- Species Lernaeocera godfroyi (Quidor, 1913) accepted as Trifur godfroyi (Quidor, 1913)
- Species Lernaeocera lotellae (Thomson G.M., 1890) accepted as Trifur tortuosus Wilson C.B., 1917 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Lernaeocera lumpi (Scott T., 1901) accepted as Lernaeocera branchialis (Linnaeus, 1767) (synonym)
- Species Lernaeocera megacephala Scott A., 1929 accepted as Lernaeocera branchialis (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Lernaeocera mulli Leigh-Sharpe, 1935 accepted as Lernaeocera lusci (Bassett-Smith, 1896) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Lernaeocera obtusa Kabata, 1957 accepted as Lernaeocera branchialis (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Lernaeocera phycidis Leigh-Sharpe, 1933 accepted as Lernaeocera lusci (Bassett-Smith, 1896) (synonymy)
- Species Lernaeocera radiata Lesueur, 1824 accepted as Lernaeenicus radiatus Lesueur, 1824 (synonym according to Wilson (1917) )
- Species Lernaeocera rigida (Krøyer, 1863) accepted as Trifur tortuosus Wilson C.B., 1917 (Member of Trifur and possible synonym)
- Species Lernaeocera surriraiis Blainville, 1822 accepted as Lernaeenicus sprattae (Sowerby, 1806) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Lernaeocera wilsoni Schuurmans Stekhoven J.H. Jr, 1936 accepted as Lernaeocera branchialis (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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.
page(s): 375-376 [details]
page(s): 375-376 [details]
Taxonomy The emendation of the generic name Lerneocera to Lernaeocera and the designation of Lernaea branchialis Linnaeus, 1767 as...
Taxonomy In Müller (2004) it is included in the Family Lernaeidae
Taxonomy The emendation of the generic name Lerneocera to Lernaeocera and the designation of Lernaea branchialis Linnaeus, 1767 as its type species was approved by the ICZN under its Plenary Powers (see Opinion 481). [details]
Taxonomy In Müller (2004) it is included in the Family Lernaeidae
Taxonomy In Müller (2004) it is included in the Family Lernaeidae [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Lernaeocera Blainville, 1822. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135645 on 2026-09-24
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Nomenclature
original description
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.
page(s): 375-376 [details]
original description (of Lerneocera 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 Saucissona Leigh-Sharpe, 1935) Leigh-Sharpe, W.H. (1935). Some new and rare Lernaeidae (Copepoda) from Plymouth. <em>Parasitology, Cambridge.</em> 27:107-110, figs. 1-2. (11-iii-1935)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031182000014980 [details] Available for editors
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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]
page(s): 375-376 [details]
original description (of Lerneocera 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 Saucissona Leigh-Sharpe, 1935) Leigh-Sharpe, W.H. (1935). Some new and rare Lernaeidae (Copepoda) from Plymouth. <em>Parasitology, Cambridge.</em> 27:107-110, figs. 1-2. (11-iii-1935)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031182000014980 [details] Available for editors
[request]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
Costello, M.J., C. Emblow & R. White (EdS.). (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France.</em> 463 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Hamon, M. (1952). Un nouveau Lernaeidae, parasite larvaire du poisson Serranus cabrilla L. [A new Lernaeidae, larval parasite of the fish Serranus cabrilla L.]. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Série Zoologie et Biologie Animale, Paris.</em> (11)14:207-218, figs. 1-8. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Illg, P.L. (1955). Proposed designation, under the plenary powers, for the generic name 'Lernaeocera' (emend. of 'Lerneocera') Blainville, 1822 (Class Crustacea, Order Copepoda) of a type species in harmony with current nomenclatural usage. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 11(8):252-255. (vii-1955), available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.2847 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kabata, Z. (1965). Lernaeocera (Copepoda) parasitic on ling (Molva elongata Otto). Crustaceana, Leiden 9(1):104-105. (15-vii-1965), available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/156854065x00235 [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 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 Wilson, C.B. (1917). North American parasitic copepods belonging to the Lernaeidae with a revision of the entire family. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 53(2194):1-150, pls. 1-21. (13-vi-1917)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.53-2194.1 [details]
additional source Hamon, M. (1952). Un nouveau Lernaeidae, parasite larvaire du poisson Serranus cabrilla L. [A new Lernaeidae, larval parasite of the fish Serranus cabrilla L.]. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Série Zoologie et Biologie Animale, Paris.</em> (11)14:207-218, figs. 1-8. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Illg, P.L. (1955). Proposed designation, under the plenary powers, for the generic name 'Lernaeocera' (emend. of 'Lerneocera') Blainville, 1822 (Class Crustacea, Order Copepoda) of a type species in harmony with current nomenclatural usage. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 11(8):252-255. (vii-1955), available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.2847 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Kabata, Z. (1965). Lernaeocera (Copepoda) parasitic on ling (Molva elongata Otto). Crustaceana, Leiden 9(1):104-105. (15-vii-1965), available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/156854065x00235 [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 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 Wilson, C.B. (1917). North American parasitic copepods belonging to the Lernaeidae with a revision of the entire family. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 53(2194):1-150, pls. 1-21. (13-vi-1917)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.53-2194.1 [details]
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Taxonomy The emendation of the generic name Lerneocera to Lernaeocera and the designation of Lernaea branchialis Linnaeus, 1767 as its type species was approved by the ICZN under its Plenary Powers (see Opinion 481). [details]Unreviewed
Taxonomy In Müller (2004) it is included in the Family Lernaeidae [details]
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Lernaeocera 
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Saucissona (from synonym Saucissona Leigh-Sharpe, 1935)
3x5 J.S. Ho Taxonomic Card - Lernaeocera
3x5 J.S. Ho Taxonomic Card - Saucissona (from synonym Saucissona Leigh-Sharpe, 1935)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lernaeocera)
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To ITIS
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Saucissona
(from synonym Saucissona Leigh-Sharpe, 1935)3x5 J.S. Ho Taxonomic Card - Lernaeocera
3x5 J.S. Ho Taxonomic Card - Saucissona
(from synonym Saucissona Leigh-Sharpe, 1935)To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lernaeocera)
To Genbank
To ITIS
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