WoRMS taxon details
Tripaphylus musteli (Beneden, 1851)
136011 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:136011)
accepted
Species
Lernaeenicus musteli (Beneden, 1851) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Lernaeonema musteli Beneden, 1851 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Lernaeonema musteli Beneden, 1851) Beneden, P.J. van. (1851). Note sur un Crustacé parasite nouveau, avec l'énumération des espèces de cette classe qu'on observe sur les poissons du littoral de Belgique. [Note on a new parasitic Crustacean, with the enumeration of the species of this class which are observed on fish from the Belgian coast.]. <em>Bulletin de l'Académie Royale de Belgique.</em> 18(1):286-290, pl. 1. (look up in IMIS) [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Tripaphylus musteli (Beneden, 1851). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=136011 on 2026-02-22
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Nomenclature
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(of Lernaeonema musteli Beneden, 1851) Beneden, P.J. van. (1851). Note sur un Crustacé parasite nouveau, avec l'énumération des espèces de cette classe qu'on observe sur les poissons du littoral de Belgique. [Note on a new parasitic Crustacean, with the enumeration of the species of this class which are observed on fish from the Belgian coast.]. <em>Bulletin de l'Académie Royale de Belgique.</em> 18(1):286-290, pl. 1. (look up in IMIS) [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]
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
Benz, G.W. & G.A. Boxshall. (2017). Redescription of Tripaphylus musteli (van Beneden, 1851) (Copepoda: Sphyriidae) and the relegation of Paeon Wilson, 1919 to synonymy with Tripaphylus richiardi in Anonymous, 1878. Systematic Parasitology, 94(6):689-698., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-017-9734-4 [details] Available for editors 
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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 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 Della Valle, A. (1881). Crostacei parassiti dei pesci del Mare Adriatico. [Crustaceans parasitic on fish in the Adriatic Sea.]. <em>Bollettino della Società Adriatica di Scienze Naturali, Trieste.</em> 6(1):55-90. [for 1880]. [details]
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 Della Valle, A. (1881). Crostacei parassiti dei pesci del Mare Adriatico. [Crustaceans parasitic on fish in the Adriatic Sea.]. <em>Bollettino della Società Adriatica di Scienze Naturali, Trieste.</em> 6(1):55-90. [for 1880]. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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