WoRMS taxon details
Cardiodectes bellottii (Richiardi, 1882)
135985 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135985)
accepted
Species
Cardiodectes medusaeus (Wilson C.B., 1908) · unaccepted
Lernaeenicus medusaeus Wilson C.B., 1908 · unaccepted
Peroderma bellotti Richiardi, 1882 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Peroderma bellotti Richiardi, 1882) Richiardi, S. (1882). Intorno ad una nuova specie del genere Peroderma. [About a new species of the genus Peroderma.]. <em>Atti della Società Toscana di Scienze Naturali, Processi Verbali e Memorie, Serie B.</em> 3:149-150. (Also in: Zoologischer Anzeiger, 5(120): 475-476., 11-ix-1882). [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Cardiodectes bellottii (Richiardi, 1882). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135985 on 2026-09-21
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Peroderma bellotti Richiardi, 1882) Richiardi, S. (1882). Intorno ad una nuova specie del genere Peroderma. [About a new species of the genus Peroderma.]. <em>Atti della Società Toscana di Scienze Naturali, Processi Verbali e Memorie, Serie B.</em> 3:149-150. (Also in: Zoologischer Anzeiger, 5(120): 475-476., 11-ix-1882). [details]
original description (of Lernaeenicus medusaeus Wilson C.B., 1908) Wilson, C.B. (1908). North American parasitic copepods: a list of those found upon the fishes of the Pacific coast, with descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 35(1652):431-481, pls. 66-83. (10-xii-1908)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.35-1652.431 [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 Lernaeenicus medusaeus Wilson C.B., 1908) Wilson, C.B. (1908). North American parasitic copepods: a list of those found upon the fishes of the Pacific coast, with descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 35(1652):431-481, pls. 66-83. (10-xii-1908)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.35-1652.431 [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
Hogans, W.E. (2017). Cardiodectes medusaeus (Copepoda: Pennellidae) a synonym of Cardiodectes bellottii, a parasite of mid-water fishes in the North Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. Proceedings Of The Biological Society Of Washington, 130(1):250-255., available online at https://doi.org/10.2988/17-00019 [details] Available for editors 
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additional source Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils.</em> pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.). [details] Available for editors [request]
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]
[request]additional source Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils.</em> pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.). [details] Available for editors
[request]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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | メドゥーサノカンザシ [from synonym] | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Lernaeenicus medusaeus Wilson C.B., 1908)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Cardiodectes medusaeus (Wilson C.B., 1908))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Cardiodectes medusaeus (Wilson C.B., 1908))
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (6 records) (from synonym Cardiodectes medusaeus (Wilson C.B., 1908))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 38598) (from synonym Lernaeenicus medusaeus Wilson C.B., 1908)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Lernaeenicus medusaeus Wilson C.B., 1908)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Cardiodectes medusaeus (Wilson C.B., 1908))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Cardiodectes medusaeus (Wilson C.B., 1908))
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (6 records) (from synonym Cardiodectes medusaeus (Wilson C.B., 1908))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 38598) (from synonym Lernaeenicus medusaeus Wilson C.B., 1908)
