WoRMS taxon details
Sarcotretes scopeli Jungersen, 1911
136002 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:136002)
accepted
Species
Lernaeenicus gempyli Horst, 1878 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Lernaeenicus inflexus Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Lernaeenicus nodicornis Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Sarcotretes gempyli (Horst, 1878) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Sarcotretes inflexus (Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Sarcotretes lobatus Wilson C.B., 1917 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Sarcotretes nodicornis (Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Jungersen, H.F.E. (1911). On a new gymnoblastic hydroid (Ichthyocodium sarcotretis) epizoic on a new parasitic copepod (Sarcotretes scopeli) infesting Scopelus glacialis Rhdt. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistoriske Forening, Copenhagen 64:1-34, figs. 1-6, pls. 1-2. (18-xii-1911) [details] 
Distribution Canadian Atlantic region
Distribution Canadian Atlantic region [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Sarcotretes scopeli Jungersen, 1911. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=136002 on 2025-11-14
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Nomenclature
original description
Jungersen, H.F.E. (1911). On a new gymnoblastic hydroid (Ichthyocodium sarcotretis) epizoic on a new parasitic copepod (Sarcotretes scopeli) infesting Scopelus glacialis Rhdt. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistoriske Forening, Copenhagen 64:1-34, figs. 1-6, pls. 1-2. (18-xii-1911) [details]
original description (of Lernaeenicus gempyli Horst, 1878) Horst, R. (1879). Über zwei neue Schmarotzerkrebse. [About two new parasitic crustaceans.]. <em>Tijdschrift der Nederlandsche Dierkundige Vereeniging.</em> 4:51-55, pl. 3. [maybe 1878]. [details]
original description (of Sarcotretes lobatus Wilson C.B., 1917) 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). [details]
original description (of Lernaeenicus inflexus Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861) Steenstrup, J.J.S. & C.F. Lütken. (1861). Bidrag til kundskab om det aabne havs snyltekrebs og lernæer samt om nogle andre nye eller hidtil kun ufuldstændigt kjendte parasitiske Copepoder. [Contribution to knowledge about the open sea parasitic crabs and mud crabs and about some other new or hitherto only incompletely known parasitic Copepods.]. <em>Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter, Naturhistorisk og Mathematisk Afdeling, Kjöbenhavn.</em> (5)5: 343-432, pls. 1-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39308528
page(s): 401 [details]
original description (of Lernaeenicus nodicornis Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861) Steenstrup, J.J.S. & C.F. Lütken. (1861). Bidrag til kundskab om det aabne havs snyltekrebs og lernæer samt om nogle andre nye eller hidtil kun ufuldstændigt kjendte parasitiske Copepoder. [Contribution to knowledge about the open sea parasitic crabs and mud crabs and about some other new or hitherto only incompletely known parasitic Copepods.]. <em>Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter, Naturhistorisk og Mathematisk Afdeling, Kjöbenhavn.</em> (5)5: 343-432, pls. 1-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39308528
page(s): 401 [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 gempyli Horst, 1878) Horst, R. (1879). Über zwei neue Schmarotzerkrebse. [About two new parasitic crustaceans.]. <em>Tijdschrift der Nederlandsche Dierkundige Vereeniging.</em> 4:51-55, pl. 3. [maybe 1878]. [details]
original description (of Sarcotretes lobatus Wilson C.B., 1917) 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). [details]
original description (of Lernaeenicus inflexus Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861) Steenstrup, J.J.S. & C.F. Lütken. (1861). Bidrag til kundskab om det aabne havs snyltekrebs og lernæer samt om nogle andre nye eller hidtil kun ufuldstændigt kjendte parasitiske Copepoder. [Contribution to knowledge about the open sea parasitic crabs and mud crabs and about some other new or hitherto only incompletely known parasitic Copepods.]. <em>Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter, Naturhistorisk og Mathematisk Afdeling, Kjöbenhavn.</em> (5)5: 343-432, pls. 1-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39308528
page(s): 401 [details]
original description (of Lernaeenicus nodicornis Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861) Steenstrup, J.J.S. & C.F. Lütken. (1861). Bidrag til kundskab om det aabne havs snyltekrebs og lernæer samt om nogle andre nye eller hidtil kun ufuldstændigt kjendte parasitiske Copepoder. [Contribution to knowledge about the open sea parasitic crabs and mud crabs and about some other new or hitherto only incompletely known parasitic Copepods.]. <em>Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter, Naturhistorisk og Mathematisk Afdeling, Kjöbenhavn.</em> (5)5: 343-432, pls. 1-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39308528
page(s): 401 [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
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Gjøsaeter, J. (1971). Sarcotretes scopeli, a lernaeid copepod new to Norway. <em>Sarsia.</em> 46:97-100, tabs. 1-2. (10-ix-1971). [details] Available for editors
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additional source Hogans, W.E. (1988). Review of Sarcotretes Jungersen, 1911 (Copepoda: Pennellidae) from midwater and demersal fishes in the north Atlantic Ocean. Canadian Journal of Zoology 66(6):1371-1375. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Margolis, L. & Z. Kabata (eds.). (1988). Guide to the parasites of fishes of Canada. Part II - Crustacea. <em>Canadian Special Publication in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> 101:1-184. [copepods & Branchiura: 3-128]. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Andersen, O., H. Glenner & A.G.V. Salvanes. (2024). The parasitic copepod, Sarcotretes scopeli Jungersen, 1911 castrate its mesopelagic fish host Benthosema glaciale. <em>Marine Biology.</em> 171:1-11., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-024-04559-3 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Gjøsaeter, J. (1971). Sarcotretes scopeli, a lernaeid copepod new to Norway. <em>Sarsia.</em> 46:97-100, tabs. 1-2. (10-ix-1971). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Hogans, W.E. (1988). Review of Sarcotretes Jungersen, 1911 (Copepoda: Pennellidae) from midwater and demersal fishes in the north Atlantic Ocean. Canadian Journal of Zoology 66(6):1371-1375. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Margolis, L. & Z. Kabata (eds.). (1988). Guide to the parasites of fishes of Canada. Part II - Crustacea. <em>Canadian Special Publication in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> 101:1-184. [copepods & Branchiura: 3-128]. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Andersen, O., H. Glenner & A.G.V. Salvanes. (2024). The parasitic copepod, Sarcotretes scopeli Jungersen, 1911 castrate its mesopelagic fish host Benthosema glaciale. <em>Marine Biology.</em> 171:1-11., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-024-04559-3 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Canadian Atlantic region [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Sarcotretes inflexus (Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Sarcotretes lobatus Wilson C.B., 1917)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sarcotretes scopeli)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (5 records) (from synonym Sarcotretes lobatus Wilson C.B., 1917)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 6123) (from synonym Sarcotretes lobatus Wilson C.B., 1917)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Sarcotretes lobatus Wilson C.B., 1917)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sarcotretes scopeli)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (5 records) (from synonym Sarcotretes lobatus Wilson C.B., 1917)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 6123) (from synonym Sarcotretes lobatus Wilson C.B., 1917)
To ITIS
