WoRMS taxon details
Gangliopus pyriformis Gerstaecker, 1854
135977 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135977)
accepted
Species
Gangliopus tetrapturi Yamaguti & Yamasu, 1960 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Nogagus angustulus Gerstaecker, 1854 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (synonym according to Cressey (1967))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Gerstaecker, A. (1854). Beschreibung zweier neuer Siphonostomen-Gattungen. [Description of two new siphonostome genera.]. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 20(1):185-195, pl. 7. [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Gangliopus pyriformis Gerstaecker, 1854. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135977 on 2026-06-07
Date
action
by
The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution 4.0 License
Nomenclature
original description
Gerstaecker, A. (1854). Beschreibung zweier neuer Siphonostomen-Gattungen. [Description of two new siphonostome genera.]. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 20(1):185-195, pl. 7. [details]
original description (of Gangliopus tetrapturi Yamaguti & Yamasu, 1960) Yamaguti, S. & T. Yamasu. (1960). New parasitic copepods from Japanese fishes. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 8(1):141-152, pls. 10-12. (30-v-1960), available online at https://doi.org/10.5134/174695 [details] Available for editors
[request]
original description (of Nogagus angustulus Gerstaecker, 1854) Gerstaecker, A. (1854). Beschreibung zweier neuer Siphonostomen-Gattungen. [Description of two new siphonostome genera.]. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 20(1):185-195, pl. 7. [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 Gangliopus tetrapturi Yamaguti & Yamasu, 1960) Yamaguti, S. & T. Yamasu. (1960). New parasitic copepods from Japanese fishes. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 8(1):141-152, pls. 10-12. (30-v-1960), available online at https://doi.org/10.5134/174695 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Nogagus angustulus Gerstaecker, 1854) Gerstaecker, A. (1854). Beschreibung zweier neuer Siphonostomen-Gattungen. [Description of two new siphonostome genera.]. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 20(1):185-195, pl. 7. [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
Izawa, K. (2010). Redescription of eight species of parasitic copepods (Siphonostomatoida, Pandaridae) infecting Japanese elasmobranchs. Crustaceana 83(3):313-341., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/001121609x12591347509329 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]Other
context source (PeRMS)
Luque, J.L., C. Cruces, J. Chero, F. Paschoal, P.V. Alves, A.C. Silva, L. Sanchez & J. Iannacone. (2016). Lista de verificación de los metazoos parásitos de peces de Perú. [Checklist of metazoan parasites of fishes from Peru.]. <em>Neotropical Helminthology.</em> 10(2):301-375., available online at https://doi.org/10.24039/rnh2016102751 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Izawa, K. (2010). Free-living stages of the parasitic copepod, Gangliopus pyriformis Gerstaecker, 1854 (Siphonostomatoida, Pandaridae) reared from eggs. Crustaceana 83(7):829-837., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/001121610x498863 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Monod, T. & R.P. Dollfus. (1938). Pandarinés peu connus (genres Phyllothyreus Norman 1903 et Gangliopus Gerstaecker, 1854). [Little-known pandarines (genera Phyllothyreus Norman 1903 and Gangliopus Gerstaecker, 1854).]. <em>Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée.</em> 16(3):196-209, figs. 1-29. (1-v-1938)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/1938163196 [details] Available for editors [request]
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): 203 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Izawa, K. (2010). Free-living stages of the parasitic copepod, Gangliopus pyriformis Gerstaecker, 1854 (Siphonostomatoida, Pandaridae) reared from eggs. Crustaceana 83(7):829-837., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/001121610x498863 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Monod, T. & R.P. Dollfus. (1938). Pandarinés peu connus (genres Phyllothyreus Norman 1903 et Gangliopus Gerstaecker, 1854). [Little-known pandarines (genera Phyllothyreus Norman 1903 and Gangliopus Gerstaecker, 1854).]. <em>Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée.</em> 16(3):196-209, figs. 1-29. (1-v-1938)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/1938163196 [details] Available for editors
[request]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): 203 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
