WoRMS taxon details
Cancrincola Wilson C.B., 1913
150048 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:150048)
accepted
Genus
Cancrincola jamaicensis Wilson C.B., 1913 (type by original designation)
- Species Cancrincola abbreviata Humes, 1957
- Species Cancrincola jamaicensis Wilson C.B., 1913
- Species Cancrincola longiseta Humes, 1957
- Species Cancrincola plumipes Humes, 1941
- Species Cancrincola wilsoni Pearse, 1930 accepted as Pholetiscus wilsoni (Pearse, 1930)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Wilson, C.B. (1913). Crustacean parasites of West Indian fishes and land crabs, with descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 44(1950):189-227, pls. 18-53. (3-iv-1913), available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.44-1950.189 [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Cancrincola Wilson C.B., 1913. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=150048 on 2026-04-30
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Nomenclature
original description
Wilson, C.B. (1913). Crustacean parasites of West Indian fishes and land crabs, with descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 44(1950):189-227, pls. 18-53. (3-iv-1913), available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.44-1950.189 [details] 
basis of record Lang, K. (1948). Monographie der Harpacticiden. Vol. 1 [Monographs of the Harpacticites. Vol. 1]. <em>Hakan Ohlsson's Boktryckeri, Lund; reprinted Nordiska Bokhandeln, Stockholm.</em> 1:1-896, figs. 1-361. (reprinted 1976). [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Lang, K. (1948). Monographie der Harpacticiden. Vol. 1 [Monographs of the Harpacticites. Vol. 1]. <em>Hakan Ohlsson's Boktryckeri, Lund; reprinted Nordiska Bokhandeln, Stockholm.</em> 1:1-896, figs. 1-361. (reprinted 1976). [details] Available for editors
Other
additional source
Huys, R. (2016). Harpacticoid copepods—their symbiotic associations and biogenic substrata: a review. <em>. In Huys, R. (Ed.), Recent Developments in Taxonomy and Biodiversity of Symbiotic Copepoda (Crustacea) – A Volume in Celebration of the Career of Prof. Il-Hoi Kim. Zootaxa.</em> 4174:448-729., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4174.1.3 [details] Available for editors
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